Chanticleers In Action At Southeast XC Regional

Friday, November 9

Rock Hill, SC

11:00 AM

Coastal Carolina University

NCAA Regionals

Photo by: Coastal Athletic Media

11/9/2018 1:44:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Quentin Reed

ROCK HILL, S.C. – On Friday, the Coastal Carolina men's and women's cross country squads competed at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional on the campus of Winthrop University. Adriaan Wildschutt was the top finisher for both teams as the freshman placed 20^th overall in the men's 10K event.

Men's (PDF)

Wildschutt along with his brother, Nadeel were neck and neck at the 4.1-kilometer split, 4^th and 5^th respectively. As both brothers passed through the next split at 7K, each runner fell back off their pace they started in and marking at 13^th (21:32) and 17^th (21:36) behind race leader Peter Seufer of Virginia Tech.

Adriaan finished the race with a time of 30:21.70 behind the winner James Sugira of Eastern Kentucky who finished at 29:26.90.

Also placing for the Coastal men; Nadeel Wildschutt (52^nd – 31:19.10), Andrew Southard (142^nd – 33:06.20), Michael Pieterse (177^th – 34:03.60), Doug Mullen (183^rd – 34.16.10), Andrew Avery (197^th - 34:31.30), Matthew Evans (226^th – 36:36.50).

Southard, Pieterse, and Mullen each broke their personal bests in the 10K which were set in last year's Southeast Regional.

The Coastal men finished 20^th overall as a team with 567 points and had an average time of 32:39.34. The Chanticleers finished ahead of fellow Sun Conference school, Appalachian State who finished 21^st.

Women's (PDF)

In the women's 6K race, sophomore Lisha van Onselen was the top Coastal Carolina and Sun Belt performer, as she placed 64^th with a time of 21:20.90. At the 2.6K split, the sophomore was in 73^rd place, 30 seconds behind the race leader and eventual winner Dorcas Wasike of Louisville.

The 2018 second team All-Sun Belt performer bested her 2017 regional time by 32 seconds at the University of Virginia where she ran 21:52.22.

Rounding out the women's team was; Laura Croll (178^th – 22:51.00), Alyssa LeClaire (197^th – 23:20.40), Heather Delaplaine (214^th – 23:49.40), Giovanna Leone (225^th - 24:10.80), Lexi Carpenter (229^th -24:32.40), Sarah Lemon (232^nd - 24:51.60)

Croll, Delaplaine, Leone, Carpenter, and Lemon all set personal bests in the event.

Overall as a team, the Coastal women finished 31 out of 33 teams with 846 points with an average time of 23:06.50.

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