MOBILE, Ala. – Will Tate and Madeline Knightly led the Spring Hill College cross country team as it opened its season at the USA Azalea City Classic on Friday.
 
Tate stopped the clock at 16:34.9 in the men's 5k race, while Knightly finished the women's 5k in 21:03.2, both marked the top finish (6) for the Badgers at the meet. Overall, the men's team finished third out of the three teams at the meet (South Alabama, Mobile and Spring Hill).
 
Meet Information
Date: Sep. 9
Women's 5k: 6:10 p.m.
Men's 5k: 6:35 p.m.
Venue (Location): Old Brookley Gulf Pines Golf Course (Mobile, Ala.)
 
Men's 5k Results
Team Scoring
1) South Alabama (27), 2) Mobile (39), 3) Spring Hill (62)
 
SHC Individual Results
6) Will Tate (16:34.9), 10) Myles Cook (PR-17:33.8), 17) Thomas Monier (PR-18:10), 19) Harrison Weisinger (18:36.4), 21) Zachary Thomas (PR-19:21.4), 22) Mohammed Shahrouj (PR-19:55.2)
 
Women's 5k Results
SHC Individual Results
6) Madeline Knightly (21:03.2), 9) Catherine Dulle (22:29.7), 12) Jordan Jernigan (24:37.3), 20) Fae Fox (29:12)
 
THEY SAID IT – Head Coach Craig McVey
"Today was a 'get started racing' day.  In no way were we a finished product and we won't be for some time. We're training really hard right now and it showed and that's ok, we were tired and I expected that.  We're relatively young, so that hard work we're doing right now is huge and it affects a younger runner more. We're putting the pieces of each team together right now and it will all pay off down the line. Will Tate had a great day for our men, he was really aggressive and ran a really smart race.  Madeline Knightly and Cat[herine] Dulle had a really good first race for our women, there's a lot more in the tank and they're getting ready to use it."
 
Note of the meet
- Four Badgers (Cook, Monier, Thomas and Shahrouj) clocked personal records in the 5k.
 
Up Next
SHC will travel to Montevallo, Ala., on Friday for the Montevallo Falcon Classic.
 
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