HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) men and women's cross country teams finished their 2016 seasons at the 2016 ASICS Sand Shark Invitational hosted by the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) at Sgt. Jasper Park on Saturday morning. The men's team finished 14^th of 23 competing teams while the ladies ran 9^th of 27 teams.
 
As a team, the Badger men ran the 8,000-meter event in a combined time of 144:13.36 for 389 points to place 315 points behind champion SCAD Savannah Bees that ran a time of 128:46.30 for 74 points.
 
Freshman Spencer Albright of Covington, La., continued to rewrite the Badger men's record book by breaking his own Spring Hill College men's 8-kilometer record with a time of 26:06.63 to finish 19^th among the 216 competing runners, trailing the individual champion Sam Beal of The Cumberlands who ran a winning time of 24:33.98.
 
Fellow freshman David Toups of Baton Rouge, La., also put his name in the SHC archives with a 24^th placed time of 26:19.77 that qualified as the 3^rd best SHC time in history. Freshmen Joe Butler of Kirkwood, Mo., was 97^th place with a time of 28:00.67 and freshman Julian Sparks from Round Rock, Texas placed 161^st in a time of 30:46.06. Freshman Cade Dernlan of St. Louis, Mo., came in with a time of 33:00.23 to close the Badger scoring while junior Kent Cheramie crossed the line in 212^th place with a mark of 39:12.86.
 
For the women's team, Spring Hill came in with a combined time of 100:08.32 over 5,000 meters for 292 points to finish behind Milligan College who tallied 70 points in a time of 92:10.42.
 
Junior Nicole Kotval of Baton Rouge continued her excellent season by notching the 3^rd best women's 5k time in SHC history with a time of 18:42.73 and a 77^th place finish to come in behind individual champion Hannah Segrave of Milligan who ran a winning time of 17:14.33.
 
Sophomore Gabrielle Hantak of St. Louis was the next Badger across the line with a 32^nd place finish out of 244 runners with an SHC 14^th-best time of 19:15.83. Freshmen Kylie Purdy of Trussville, Ala., and Meghan Sullivan of Hattiesburg, Miss., placed 83^rd and 98^th with times of 20:28.45 and 20:45.81 respectively. Fellow freshman Amelia Hoffeld of Covington came in at 110^th with a time of 20:55.50 and yet another freshman in Lauren Fischer of Marietta, Ga., posted a time of 22:43.16 for 174^th place.
Other Badger runners included sophomore Kara McKinney of Fairhope, Ala., in 196^th place at 23:34.50, junior Chelsea James of New Orleans, La., who scratched out a time of 24:49.33 for 211^th place and junior Anastasia Walloga of Houston, Texas, who came in at 219^th place in 25:36.76.
 
Men's Results:

1. SCAD Savannah, 74
2. Berea, 82
3. Milligan, 95
4. Embry-Riddle, 151
5. Cumberlands, 179
6. Dalton State, 201
7. Tenn. Wesleyan, 202
8. Montreat, 224
9. Reinhardt, 258
10. Savannah State, 296
11. Emmanuel, 314
12. Southeastern, 348
13. SCAD Atlanta, 351
14. Spring Hill, 389
15. Bryan, 396
16. Warner, 444
17. Bob Jones, 448
18. Ave Maria, 463
19. Columbia International, 486
20. Point, 515
21. Georgetown (KY), 545
22. Keiser, 610
23. Morris, 725

 
Women's Results:

1. Milligan, 70
2. SCA Atlanta, 71
3. Southeastern, 132
4. Berea, 144
5. Dalton State, 159
6. Tenn. Wesleyan, 160
7. SCAD Savannah, 174
8. Cumberlands, 237
9. Spring Hill, 292
10. Life, 324
11. Embry-Riddle, 363
12. Reinhardt, 382
13. St. Thomas (FL), 395
14. USCB, 429
15. Columbia (SC), 445
16. Ave Maria, 445
17. Montreat, 469
18. Emmanuel, 487
19. Georgetown (KY), 487
20. Point, 513
21. Bob Jones, 625
22. Columbia International, 626
23. Keiser, 645
24. Webber, 663
25. Toccoa Falls, 701
26. Warner, 724
27. Morris, 878