Mars Hill women finish 7th at South Atlantic Conference Championship
The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished 7th of 12 teams at the South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championship with freshman Sophie Ratcliff leading the way with All-Freshman and All-South Atlantic Conference runner (3rd team) accolades.
GREENEVILLE, T.N. - The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished 7th of 12 teams at the South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championship on Saturday. The race was hosted at Kinser Park Golf Course in Greeneville, Tennessee on Saturday morning over the 6k race distance. Freshman Sophie Ratcliff highlighted the race today for the Lady Lions with a 16th place finish to be named as an All-South Atlantic Conference runner (3rd team) and to the All-Freshman South Atlantic Conference team. Sophie is the first Mars Hill women's cross country runner to achieve all-conference or freshman all-conference honors since 2014.
On a true hilly and tough cross country race course the Lady Lions were led up front by All-Conference and All-Freshman runner Sophie Ratcliff in 16th place. Sophomores Natalee Powers and Mary Malcolm finished next in 39th and 45th place. Rounding out team scoring for the Lady Lions was Grace Adams and freshman Alleigh Flewwellin in 53rd and 64th place.
Thoughts from Coach Benge:
"The women's team showed great efforts today on a very challenging course. Sophie Ratcliff had a breakthrough race to lead the team today and finish with All-Conference accolades. We will look to be at full strength at regionals to give our best team performance at the championship and finish our season strong!"
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The Mars Hill women's cross country team next competes at the NCAA DII Southeast Regional on Saturday, November 8th. That race is being held at Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina and is set for a 10:00 a.m. start.
