by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assisstant
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Georgia College
men’s cross country placed ninth at the NCAA Southeast
Regional Championships Saturday morning. Five of seven runners
placed in the top-60 for the Bobcats at McAlpine Park, led by
junior Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) who took
25th.
Pacing the Bobcats for the fifth time this season, Horseman crossed
the finish line in the 10K race at 32:51, shattering the previous
school record by a full minute set in 2008 (Rob
Manning, 33:56). Junior Tyler
Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) would have also broken the
school record finishing 45th with a time of 33:46.
Freshman Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) finished
50th in 34:00 at his first regional championship. Laskey’s
time ranks fourth in the school recordbooks.
Juniors Colin Conroy (Dacula, Ga.) and
Lawrenceville native Manning finished neck and neck with
Conroy placing 56th (34:10) and Manning finishing one second behind
in 57th. The two times rank fifth and sixth, respectively in the
school’s 10K history.
The Bobcats finished with 228 points, only seven points behind
eighth place Lees McRae College. Mars Hill College finished third
with 118 points, Columbus State University finished third with 79
and host Queens University won the Southeast Regional for the
fourth year in a row with 36 points. The Bobcats ranked third among
Peach Belt Conference (PBC) schools.
Columbus State’s Meshack Koyiaki won the individual title
with a time of 29:45.
The race brings to a close the 2010 season for Bobcat cross
country, a year that saw Horseman snap both the 8K and 10K distance
school records. The GC men also finished in the top three in each
of their first six races, including a victory at the Young Harris
Invitational. Horseman became the seventh All-PBC men’s
runner in school history.
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