Sosa Earns Top-25 Mark, Women’s Cross Country 7th at SoCon Championships
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's cross country team finished seventh overall at The 2024 Southern Conference (SoCon) Championships on Saturday at Furman Golf Course.
Furman earned its 12th-straight title with 19 points. Samford was the runner-up with 50 points, while Chattanooga rounded out the top three teams with 81 points. UNCG and Western Carolina totaled 202 points, tying for sixth place, but the Catamounts won the tie breaker to finish sixth and give the Spartans seventh.
Junior Vicky Sosa led the Spartans with her 22nd-place finish, for a career-best place at the Championships. Sosa clocked in a time of 17:59.1, breaking 18 minutes in the five-kilometer race for the first time in her collegiate career.
Senior Camille Carlson and sophomore Tenley Douglass finished in 41st and 42nd places, respectively. Carlson ran the race in 18:57.5, while Tenley finished it in 18:59.6. Tenley bested her mark from last year's championship.
In her first SoCon Championship, Lillian Douglass clocked in a time of 19:14.0 and took home 55th out of 84 competitors. Classmate Dahlia Lind earned 63rd-place overall with her time of 19:48.3.
Seniors Emma Berrier (66th place) and Bella Manfre (73rd place) rounded out the Spartans points towards the team finish.
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The 2024 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships will follow on Friday, Nov. 15 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, at Winthrop Farm.
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