Queens Claims 2018 SAC Men’s Cross Country Championship

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – With six runners finishing in the top seven spots, the Queens University of Charlotte men's cross country team won its second straight and third overall South Atlantic Conference Championship, Saturday morning at the Milliken Research Center.   

Queens, ranked seventh nationally and at the top of the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region Poll, outdistanced Anderson and Wingate for the title.

The Trojans were tabbed fifth in the latest USTFCCCA regional poll, while Wingate was ranked ninth.

The Royals' Daniel Wallis covered the 8K course in a time of 24:34.0 to claim individual honors, while Anderson's Logan Horning captured Freshman of the Year honors with a ninth-place finish in a time of 25:33.89.  

The NCAA Southeast Region Championships, which will be hosted by North Georgia on the Nighthawk's Oakwood campus, are slated for Saturday, Nov. 17.

FULL RESULTS

2018 South Atlantic Conference
Men's Cross Country Championship
November 3 – Spartanburg, S.C.
Milliken Research Center

1. Queens – 19
2. Anderson – 85
3. Wingate – 94
4. Lincoln Memorial - 128
5. Catawba - 139
6. Lenoir-Rhyne – 160
7. Tusculum – 168
8. Carson-Newman – 195
9. Mars Hill – 258
10. Newberry – 269
11. Coker - 286

First-Team All-Conference

Daniel Wallis, Queens

Luke Greer, Carson-Newman

Nick Kipkemei, Queens

Felix Wammetsberger, Queens

Anthony Raftis, Queens

Jose Rosas, Queens

Elijah Inuwa, Queens

Second Team All-Conference

Micah Kipchumba, Wingate

Logan Horning, Anderson

Ben Clark, Anderson

Weston Hutto, Anderson

Dalton Cox, Wingate

Seb Anthony, Queens

Jorge Hernandez, Lincoln Memorial

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Jackson Beason, Tusculum

Erick Sanchez, Queens

Sam Lloyd-Perks, Lincoln Memorial

Javier Alejandro, Catawba

Jacob Gatewood, Lincoln Memorial

Justin Todd, Wingate

Kyler Hodges, Tusculum 

SAC All-Freshman Team

Logan Horning, Anderson

Seb Anthony, Queens

Erick Sanchez, Queens

Sam Lloyd-Perks, Lincoln Memorial

Justin Todd, Wingate

Runner of the Year

Daniel Wallis, Queens

Freshman of the Year

Logan Horning, Anderson

Coach of the Year

Tom Scott, Queens 

Elite 20

Peyton Jones, Lenoir-Rhyne