Bees Dominant in Men’s Cross Country Title
Donnie Smith
LAKELAND, Fla.—The 23
rd-ranked SCAD-Savannah Bees came away with the 2015 Sun Conference Men’s Cross Country title in convincing fashion.
SCAD had the first four finishers of the meet, all within three tenths of a second to best its nearest competition, Southeaster, who was 42 points back.
Emanuel Krieg earned Runner of the Year honors, covering the 8,000 meter course at Holloway Park in 26:33. He was followed closely by teammates Aesop Brown, Matthew Smith, and Callum Drake, who all earned First Team All-Sun Conference recognition.
Drake earned Newcomer of the Year honors as the top finishing freshman in the race.
The Bees also had Will Glaser in ninth and Sebastien O’Dell in tenth, earning second team recognition.
Southeastern had a pair of runners in the Top 10 in Deion Cossio (fifth- 26:43), and Trae Miller (eighth- 27:16) to help finish second. Freshman Boston Fitzpatrick was 14
th to earn the final spot on the second team.
Daniel Martin paced Warner to a third place finish as a team, finishing in sixth place in a time of 27:02. The Royals finished with a total of 105 points, four better than county-rival Webber, who was fourth. Gabriel Barron was the top finisher for the Warriors in 11
th place.
USC Beaufort rounded out the top five with a team score of 131 with Jack Manesiotis earning the final spot on the first team with a seventh place finish.
Earning the Champion of Character award was Southeastern’s Michael McCain, a junior Multidisciplinary and Organizational Leadership major with a 3.6 grade point average, and has served as team captain the last two years. He has led two mission trips to Ecuador and is planning a trip to Kenya this May with his team. “Michael is one of the most giving men I have ever met,” said coach Paul Kurtz. “He loves his team ad does so much to help keep our men and women focused on what is important at the time.”
Team Results
- SCAD- 19
- Southeastern- 61
- Warner- 105
- Webber- 109
- USCB- 131
- Ave Maria- 137
- Keiser- 190
- Johnson & Wales- 246
- St. Thomas- 263
First Team All-Sun Conference:
Emanuel Krieg, SCAD-Savannah
Aesop Brown, SCAD-Savannah
Matthew Smith, SCAD-Savannah
Callum Drake, SCAD-Savannah
Deion Cossio, Southeastern
Daniel Martin, Warner
Jack Manesiotis, USC Beaufort
Second Team All-Sun Conference
Trae Miller- Southeastern
Will Glaser- SCAD-Savannah
Sebastian O’Dell- SCAD-Savannah
Gabriel Barron- Webber International
Nic O’Neill, USC Beaufort
Christian Vazquez, Webber International
Boston Fitzpatrick, Southeastern
Newcomer of the Year
Callum Drake, SCAD-Savannah
Champion of Character
Michael McCain, Southeastern
Coach of the Year
Patrick Reagan, SCAD-Savannah
Academic All-Sun Conference
Ethan Weltens, Ave Maria
Thomas Mullally, Ave Maria
Reall Armijos, Johnson & Wales
Benjamin Evans, Johnson & Wales
Miguel Martinez, Keiser
Pedro Fonseca, Keiser
Michael McCain, Southeastern
Stephen Pena, Southeastern
Kurk Pyros, Southeastern
Drew Smith, Southeastern
Kael Gouriluk, Southeastern
Ariel Listo, St. Thomas
Joshua Rosner, St. Thomas
Colton Currier, Warner
Emilio Giler, Warner