Women's Results

Men's Results

Charlottesville, Va. - The Coastal Carolina cross country teams competed in the NCAA Southeast Regionals Friday afternoon. The women placed 17th overall out of 33 teams while the men did not place because only three of its runners competed. Senior Letitia Saayman captured the NCAA Southeast Regional Title which is the first time in school history.

"I am so proud of Letitia's victory today," said head coach Jeff Jacobs. "It is such a blessing to work with an athlete who is so highly motivated. She beat some of the top cross country runners in NCAA today. You could tell how determined she was during the race there was no way she was going to let anyone beat her. (Runner-up) Ednah Kurgat from Liberty was still with her 300 meters to go but Letitia put in a final kick that Kurgat just couldn't match."

Women's 6k | 17th out of 33 teams, 428 points

The Coastal Carolina women's cross country team competed in the NCAA Southeast Regional meet on Friday afternoon earning a 17th place finish overall with 428 points. The Chants were in good company competing against multiple regionally and nationally ranked teams.

Leading the way for Coastal was standout senior, Letitia Saayman finished the 6k race in first place overall becoming the first Chanticleer to complete this feat in program history.

By finishing in the top 25, Saayman earned all-region honors and is eligible to advance to the NCAA Championship meet. The top four finishers at each of the nine regionals from non-qualifying teams automatically advance, along with two at-large individuals. A total of 31 teams make the NCAA meet - the top two from each regional and 13 at-large selections.

The second Chanticleer to cross the finish line was Kyla van Graan coming in at 21:56 placing 36th overall. Following Kyla, was teammate Aynslee van Graan who finished 53rd overall with a time of 22:21. Rounding out the scoring for the Chants is Rachel Byrd finishing with a time of 23:41 placing 150th and Alesia Muklebust finishing with a time of 25:07.

Regina Peattie finished the race with a time of 26:09 and the final Chant to cross the finish line was Kayla Tracy with a time of 26:20.

Host University of Virginia captured the team Regional title with 53 points, their fourth title in the last six years.

Men's 10k | Unranked

The Coastal Carolina men's team will had three runners compete in the NCAA Regionals on Friday. This was the first time for two of these runners, Elijah Shaw and Josh Small competing in the NCAA regionals meet, while senior Zach Hensel was back for a second time.

Freshman Josh Small led the way for the Chanticleers once again crossing the line with a time of 33:34 placing 173rd overall. Not too far behind was teammate Zach Hensel, who closed out his cross country career with a time of 35:15. The final Chant to cross the line was Elijah Shaw coming in at 36:01.

Since the men's team did not have five runners they did not qualify as an official team for scoring. Louisville captured the team Regional title with 77 points.