Full Results

SPARTANBURG, S.C.- The USC Upstate men's cross country team came away with their first win of the season on Saturday morning at Milliken Research Park and the women's cross country came in second place.
 
The USC Upstate men's team demolished the competition scoring a total of 24 points and had four runners inside the top-10 and eight runners inside the top-15. The men's team completed the course in a total time of 2:13:22.
 
Jonathan Johnson (New Bern, N.C.) led the Spartans for a third consecutive race. The former Big South runner of the week recorded his first career top-five finish and completed the eight kilometer race in a time of 26:01.7. Michael Tardella came in second on the team and seventh overall in the event with a time of 26:44.1.
 
Logan Miller and Dorian Jones finished eighth and ninth respectively in the race. Jaylon Roberts clocked in an 11^th place finished, followed by Jacob and Jared Coccia who crossed the finish line in 12^th and 13^th place. Jonathan Loy crossed the finish line two seconds later to finish in 14^th place and Jalin Petty was not far off as he recorded a 19^th place finish in the race.
 
Lincoln Memorial and Belmont Abbey rounded out the top three in the men's standings, with Wofford and Winthrop finishing in fourth and sixth place respectively.
 
The USC Upstate women's team finished in second place with a total score of 45 points. The Spartans finished the course with a combined time of 1:40:28 and only Tennessee Tech finished ahead of USC Upstate. Fellow Big South conference school Winthrop finished the race in sixth place.
 
Mia Davis (Fort Mill, S.C.) was once again the pace runner for the Spartans team. The Palmetto State native recorded her first top-five finish of the season with a fourth place finish in the event. A pair of unattached runners (Krysta Pierstorff and Jamie Connelly) for USC Upstate crossed the finish line in sixth and seventh place respectively in the event.
 
Freshman Laura Yarborough finished the race in 19:59.2 and recorded a top-10 finish in the event. Yarborough's time counted as the second best time on the team score for USC Upstate. A trio of Spartan runners finished the race in between the 10^th and 20^th positions. Allie Leavitt finished in 11^th place, Alanie Foster came in 14^th place and Alicia Chavez finished in 16^th place.
 
Women's Team Final
 

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1st	Tennessee Tech	1:38:16	34
2nd	USC Upstate	1:40:28	45
3rd	Southern Wesleyan	1:45:18	109
4th	Lincoln Memorial	1:46:50	135
5th	Belmont Abbey	1:47:22	141
6th	Winthrop	1:46:14	143
7th	Columbia College (S.C)	1:48:23	159
8th	Converse	1:51:22	211
9th	Lander	1:52:30	213
10th	Newberry	1:52:38	227
11th	Claflin	2:19:33	348

 
 
Women's Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
4th	Mia Davis	19:10.8
6th	Krysta Pierstorff	19:26.4
7th	Jamie Connelly	19:35.4
8th	Laura Yarborough	19:59.2
11th	Allie Leavitt	20:03.2
14th	Alanie Foster	20:28.3
16th	Alicia Chavez	20:46.2
22nd	Marcy Bradshaw	20:59.9
26th	Brawnwyn Koellner	21:13.5
30th	Arianna Krcik	21:19.1
54th	Ting O'Regan	22:46.4

 
 
Men's Team Final

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1st	USC Upstate	2:13:22	24
2nd	Lincoln Memorial	2:19:59	73
3rd	Belmont Abbey	2:22:12	89
4th	Wofford	2:28:20	139
5th	Southern Wesleyan	2:28:43	144
6th	Winthrop	2:31:29	145
7th	Newberry	2:30:41	156
8th	Lander	2:31:41	170
9th	Claflin	2:54:24	241
10th	USC Aiken	2:46:49	245

 
 
Men's Individual Results  
 

Place	Name	Time
4th	Jonathan Johnson	26:01.7
7th	Michael Tardella	26:44.1
8th	Logan Miller	26:45.2
9th	Dorian Jones	26:47.8
11th	Jaylon Roberts	27:03.2
12th	Jacob Coccia	27:18.6
13th	Jared Coccia	27:23.6
14th	Jonathan Loy	27:25.5
19th	Jalin Petty	28:08.7
30th	Jared Keklak	28:53.1
43rd	Lucas Campbell	30:29.8
51st	Jeremy Gomez	30:51.8

 
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