THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s and women’s cross country teams will look to continue a strong start to the season at the Southern Showcase on Friday morning at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Southern Showcase
- Friday, September 12
- Men’s 8000M Race: 8:30AM ET
- Women’s 5000M Race: 9:30AM ET
- John Hunt Cross Country Park
- Meet Information
- Live Results
- Men’s Race: 50 Teams, Women’s Race: 53 Teams
- GT Men’s Runners: Alexander Arrambide, Billy Carlton, Matt Castronuovo, Ethan Curnow, John Jessup, Kushan Patel, Richard Planck, Joey Sandel, Taylor Wade, Wyatt Windham
- GT Women’s Runners: Ella Bailey, Stella Chambless, Lottie Chappell, Ava Coffey, Katie Hamfeldt, Sadie Honig, Maddie Jones, Gracie Marston, Evelyn Schlitz, Claire Shelton, Caitlin Thomas, Alexis Wingenbach
Tech swept the opening race of the season with the men’s and women’s teams claiming first in each of the team races. The women’s squad scored 19 points, 20 points clear of second place for a third consecutive team win at the event. The men’s team emerged with 30 points to claim victory.
Junior Lottie Chappell came across the line first in the 5k event to earn her first career race win with a time of 17:18.7. Caitlin Thomas finished second in her first career race and earned ACC Freshman of the Week honors for her performance. Wyatt Windham also claimed ACC Freshman of the Week honors for his top-10 finish in the four-mile race.
Georgia Tech had a combined 13 runners finish inside the top-10 of both races, including four individuals making their collegiate debuts. 18 of the 21 runners set personal bests in the four-mile and 5k races, respectively.
The Yellow Jackets will have the same returning lineup from the previous race with the addition of Kushan Patel, appearing in his first race of the season.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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