Mountaineers Set to Compete at NCAA Southeast Regional

BOONE, N.C. - The App State men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet, held at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, S.C. on Friday. Senior Jasmine Donohue will represent the Mountaineers in the women's 6K, which is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Friday. The men's 10K race, which will feature seven Mountaineers, is set for 12 p.m.

The two the top teams from each of the nine regional meets will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, which are slated for Nov. 18 in Charlottesville, Va. Thirteen at-large teams will then be selected, based on the strength of their season and their performance at regionals, to fill out the 31 team field. The first four individual finishers not on a qualifying team and finished in the top-25 will advance to the championships. A total of 36 individuals automatically qualify and two are chosen at-large for a total of 38 individual qualifiers. The two at-large selections are the highest placing individual at the regional who were not automatic qualifiers. 
 
Last Time Out
The App State men's cross country team captured the Sun Belt Championship title on Oct. 28, marking its first title since 2019. The Mountaineers recorded 28 points, the lowest total at the SBC Championship meet since 2013. Senior Oliver Wilson-Cook set pace for the Black and Gold, recording an 8K time of 24:40.4 to place second individually and earn first-team All-SBC honors. Fellow seniors Calbert Guest and Dwayne Lillie finished third (24:46.3) and fourth (24:53.6), respectively, also garnering first-team all-conference accolades. Junior Garrett Bivens clocked an 8K time of 25:05.0 for a sixth-place finish and second-team All-SBC recognition while graduate student Jonah Bird placed 13th with an 8K time of 25:42.7 to earn third-team All-SBC honors. 
 
The women's squad placed fifth in the team standings with 125 points. Donohue was the first Mountaineer to cross the finish line, clocking a personal best 5K time of 17:36.9. Her finish earned her second-team All-SBC honors. Junior Karsyn Kane finished 18th (18:28.1), while freshman Rhys Ammon rounded out the top-25 with a 5K time of 18:38.8.  
 
Last Time at the NCAA Southeast Regional
Wilson-Cook led the Mountaineers at the 2022 NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky., finishing 56th individually with a personal best 10K time of 31:01.1. Ben Datte and Chase Burrell clocked 10K personal best of 31:40.4 and 31:40.6 to place 82nd and 83rd, respectively. Lillie clocked a personal best of his own (32:02.3) to round out the top-100. The men's team finished 14th in the team standings for a second consecutive year last season. 
 
Linnea Maynard led the Mountaineers in the women's 6K, clocking a time of 22:33.3 to finish 114th overall. Annie Amundsen and Kane posted personal bests of 22:44.1 and 22:46.5, respectively. The women's squad finished 26th with 695 points.