MOBILE, Ala. - Both the men and women's cross country teams post a runner-up finish at the Sun Belt Championships Friday.
The women started the championship action with senior Izzy Evely leading the Mountaineer charge with an individual second-place effort and a personal-best time of 17:16.7.
Pauline Meyer of Arkansas State won the individual crown with a Sun Belt Championship record time of 16:51.5.
Freshman Karsyn Kane and Sophomore Jasmine Donohue followed Evely by posting top 15 times of their own, 18:15.5 and 18:17.6 respectively.
As a team, all seven App State women runners placed top-30 or better on the individual leaderboard. With 73 team points, the Mountaineers finished second behind eventual conference champion Arkansas State, 45 points.
Arkansas State would sweep the team champion side of the Sun Belt Championships in the men's race. The Red Wolves accumulated a men's team score of 32 to App State's second-place 58 points.
Both Oliver Wilson-Cook, a freshman, and Ryan Brown, a senior, posted personal best times in the men's second-place team effort. Cook ran a 8K 24:54.1, while Brown ran a 25:03.0.
All seven men finished top 25 or better on the individual leaderboard. Ryan Teuscher, Daniel Smith and Isaac Benz all packed in top 15 times.
South Alabama's Kirami Yego won the individual title with a final time of 23:51.3.
2021 Sun Belt Men's Runner of the Year: Kirami Yego, South Alabama
2021 Sun Belt Women's Runner of the Year: Pauline Meyer, Arkansas State
2021 Men's First-Team All-Conference
Kirami Yego, South Alabama
Lexington Hilton, Arkansas State
Kwanele Mthembu, Texas State
Bennett Pascoe, Arkansas State
Seth Waters, Arkansas State
2021 Men's Second-Team All-Conference
Onesmus Kemboi, South Alabama
Oliver Wilson-Cook, App State
Coleman Wilson, Arkansas State
Justin Botello, Texas State
Ryan Brown, App State
2021 Men's Third-Team All-Conference
Spencer Cardinal, Little Rock
Ryan Teuscher, App State
Nathan Herbst, Arkansas State
Daniel Smith, App State
Isaac Benz, App State
2021 Women's First-Team All-Conference
Pauline Meyer, Arkansas State
Izzy Evely, App State
Sophie Leathers, Arkansas State
Madeleine Rowe, UTA
Adele Magaud, South Alabama
2021 Women's Second-Team All-Conference
Molly Jones, Coastal Carolina
Charlotte Murphy, UTA
Elizabeth Martin, Arkansas State
Marine Garnier, Georgia State
Benadine Chelimo, ULM
2021 Women's Third-Team All-Conference
Valeria Diaz-Gonzales, UTA
Sharon Jerono, ULM
Karsyn Kane, App State
Meagan Moreno, Coastal Carolina
Jasmine Donohue, App State
