Upstate Cross Country Posts Impressive Finish at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals

Friday, November 11

Louisville, Ky.

11:00 a.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

NCAA Southeast Regional

NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals

11/11/2022 2:17:00 PM | Cross Country

LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – USC Upstate cross country performed well at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals with the men finishing in the top 25 for the second year in a row and both women finishing with new personal bests.

Finishing 24th overall, the men's team recorded Upstate's fourth-highest finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional in program history. This is the second straight year USC Upstate has had a team finish in the top 25 regionals, including last year when they finished 23rd.

Noah White led the Spartans for the sixth straight race and came in at 102nd which is the highest finish for a Spartan since Dorian Jones (97th) in 2017. Every Spartan that competed for the men today finished within the top 200, which is the second time in program history since 2016 that feat has been accomplished at the NCAA Southeast Regionals.

Head coach Carson Blackwelder thought the men performed well as a collective saying, "The men ran great, moving up the second half of the race. It was good to see their strength and fitness pay off the second half of the race."

Men's Results (24th of 32)
102. Noah White – 32:05.0

145. Monroe Thompkins – 33:15.0

152. Nigel dos Santos – 33:29.6

171. Caleb Bayne – 33:49.2

180. Chris Post – 34:12.8

192. Gabe Herron – 34:45.6

196. Sam Shimanskiy – 34:53.6

Allie Leavitt and Heaven Allen competed for the women and both came in with top 150 finishes. Leavitt improved not only finished 144th, besting last years finish (192), but finished with a time of 23:04.6 which is almost a minute better than her regionals performance last year. Allen also showed massive improvements from last year's run, as she finished 145th this year compared to 222nd in 2021. She also improved her time extensively, running a 23:05.8 compared to 26:39.6 last year.

Blackwelder was pleased with the performances from Leavitt and Allen saying, "Heaven and Allie had great races, both running PR's and finishing strong."

Women's Results

144. Allie Leavitt – 23:04.6

145. Heaven Allen – 23:05.8

FULL RESULTS: NCAA Southeast Regional (flashresults.com)

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