FINAL RESULTS FROM ROYALS CHALLENGE

CHARLOTTE, N.C. | The Young Harris College men's and women's cross country teams competed Friday (Oct. 11) at the Royals Challenge hosted by Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Men's team saw eight of 10 runners set personal bests in the 8k, while the women went six for six in the PR department (5k). 

Men's Results (8K Gold Group): 

Young Harris placed 10th.

• Wyatt Whipp (Jr.) finished in 33rd place with a time of 25:24.46 

• Austin Dezwart (So.) finished in 38th place with a time of 25:37.26 

• Aidan Vrazel (Fr.) finished in 45th place with a time of 25:43.84 

• Noah Mason (Sr.) finished in 60th place with a time of 26:02.04 

• Matthew Honeycutt (Sr.) finished in 89th place with a time of 26:35.26 

• Dylan Stone (Fr.) finished in 94th place with a time of 26:38.12  

• Nathaniel Harris (Fr.) finished in 107th place with a time of 27:01.85 

• Sam Lindley (Fr.) finished in 118th place with a time of 27:13.69 

• Gabe Pattacini (So.) finished in 130th place with a time of 27:40.07  

• Nick Alonso (Fr.) finished in 152nd place with a time of 28:42.39 

Quote from Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Matt Logan:
"The lads continue to raise the expectations for our program. I don't think we've run our best yet, but the level of consistency continues to rise. UNCP and SWU ran very well today, and we have a lot of respect for those programs. We will work hard to get fit and healthy over the next two weeks as we look forward to a dog fight at the conference championship meet." 

Women's Results (5K Blue Group):

Young Harris placed 11th.

• Brynley Walraven (Fr.) finished in 27th place with a time of 20:32.76 

• Lilian Arnold (Fr.) finished in 55th place with a time of 21:30.51 

• Rylie Cheek (Fr.) finished in 65th place with a time of 21:51.57 

• Caroline Bass (Fr.) finished in 66th place with a time of 21:52.48 

• Caitlyn Thaman (Fr.) finished in 67th place with a time of 21:53.26 

• Piper Marsingill (Fr.) finished in 76th place with a time of 22:15.17  

Quote from Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Matt Logan:
"It's easy to lose perspective on how far our women's program has come in two years. In 24' or 23', we would have been thrilled with the performance today. We continue to get better and if we can bring a healthy squad to conference, I think we can make it hard on teams. The women are running great, but they want more. We are in a good place." 

Up Next:

The Mountain Lions will return to action on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Conference Carolinas Championship in Kernersville, North Carolina.