The Georgia College & State University women's and men’s cross-country teams finished in second place Oct. 11 at the Royals Cross Country Challenge hosted by Queens University of Charlotte.
The female Bobcats finished second out of 17 teams in the Blue Race with 71 points. Washington and Lee University won the event with 55 points.
Women’s team had three runners finish inside the top 20. Lauren Thisdale led the way with a time of 19:33.09 on the McAlpine Creek Park 5K course and finished in eighth place, while Abbie Brown and Lorena Cazora finished in 12th and 13th, respectively. Brown had a time of 19:44.74, while Cazora posted an effort of 19:44.97. Jillian Muncus and Haven Bejnerowicz both finished just outside the top 20. Muncus had a time of 20:08.19 to come in 21st place, while Bejnerowicz was 22nd with a 20:09.40 time.
Emily Wright was 32nd with a time of 20:24.63 and was followed by Kylee Geveke (40th, 20:43.39), Anna Agi (41st, 20:49.60), Lauren Hailey (50th, 21:05.22), Eva Jeswald (58th, 21:20.82), Maddie Reese Smith (62nd, 21:27.72), Campbell Smith (66th, 21:36.93) and Anna Lavoie (79th, 22:06.28).
The men’s team had eight runners set personal-best times and finished second out of 21 teams in the Blue Race with 71 points. Wingate University won the event with 25 points.
Noah Boyd finished ninth for the Bobcats with a personal-best time of 26:36.6 on the McAlpine Creek Park 8K course. Daniel Laird (12th, 26:40.36), Shipley Smith (13th, 26:42.60), Nour Nazim (22nd, 26:59.85), Jaycob Wagner (23rd, 27:00.08), Garrison Lee (69th, 28:24.09), Brendan Rice (87th, 29:00.37) and Reed Glaser (113th, 29:46.11) all established new personal-best times for GCSU.
Evan Rehrauer came in 27th place for the Bobcats with a time of 27:13.97, while Denver Oates came in 81st with an effort of 28:46.12 and Andrew Cook had a time of 30:55.71 and came in 129th place.
The Bobcats return to action Oct. 26 and will travel to Oakwood to take part in the Peach Belt Conference Championship held on the University of North Georgia Cross Country Course.