MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Spring Hill women's cross country team placed sixth out of 12 teams in the 5k, while the men's squad placed eighth out of 13 teams in the 8k at the Falcon Classic on Friday.
 
Madeline Knightly led the women's squad in the 5k finishing 22^nd and clocking a season-best time of 20:59.49. Claire Morgan stopped the clock at 21:35.54 and finished 27th in her first meet appearance of the season. Catherine Dulle finished 45^th with a season-best time (22:18.3). Jordan Jerningan recorded a personal-best time of 23:57.5 while finishing 57^th. Fae Fox smashed her season record with a time of 25:47.6, she finished 65^th overall.
 
The Badger men's team was led by Will Tate, who finished 34^th with a time of 27:20.9 in his first 8k race of the season. Myles Cook clocked a personal-best time (28:19.1) while finishing 53^rd overall. Harrison Weisinger placed 62^nd overall and finished with a time of 29:03.6. Thomas Monier broke his personal record with a time of 29:44.7 while finishing 71^st. Freshmen Zachary Thomas (32:21.31) and Mohammed Shahrouj (32:25.35) finished 91^st and 93^rd, respectively, in their collegiate 8k debuts. 
 
Meet Information
Date: Sep. 16
Men's 8k: 8 a.m.
Women's 5k: 8:45 a.m.
Venue (Location): Montevallo Cross Country Course (Montevallo, Ala.)
 
Men's 8k Results
Team Scoring
1) Alabama-Huntsville (17), 2) Montevallo (64), 3) Columbus State (92), 4) West Alabama (118), 5) Union (Tenn.) (121), 6) West Georgia (165), 7) Marion Military Institute (201), 8) Spring Hill (225), 9) Huntingdon (279), 10) Jefferson State Community College (306), 11) Shelton State Community College (322), 12) Southern State Union Community College (337), 13) Miles (365)
 
SHC Individual Results
34) William Tate (27:20.81), 53) Myles Cook (PR-28:19.1), 62) Harrison Weisinger (29:03.96), 72) Thomas Monier (PR-29:44.67), 91) Zachary Thomas (32:21.31), 93) Mohammed Sharhrouj (32:25.35)
 
Women's 5k Results
Team Scoring
1) Alabama-Huntsville (19), 2) Montevallo (52), 3) Union (Tenn.) (80), 4) Columbus State (100), 5) West Georgia (136), 6) Spring Hill (181), 7) Marion Military Institute (218), 8) Delta State (229), 9) Huntingdon (249), 10) Miles (300), 11) Jefferson State Community College (316), 12) Shelton State Community College (319)
 
SHC Individual Results
22) Madeline Knightly (20:59.49), 27) Clarie Morgan (21:35.54), 45) Catherine Dulle (22:18.25), 57) Jordan Jernigan (PR-23:57.48), 65) Fae Fox (25:47.56)
 
THEY SAID IT – Head Coach Craig McVey
"Today was a better day to race. The temperature and humidity finally gave way to a great day.  We had a handful of personal bests so we're making progress. Everyone raced hard, Will [Tate] and Maddie [Knightly] raced well again and in a tough field. Today was Claire [Morgan's] first race and she did a nice job. Both squads were more deliberate in everything they did, you could see it.  Back to practice, time to continue to get better."
 
Note of the meet
- Three Badgers (Cook, Jernigan, Monier) broke their personal records at the meet.
 
Up Next
Spring Hill will travel to Clinton, Miss., on Sep. 24 for the Mississippi College Watson XC Invite.
 
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