Results

Winston-Salem, N.C. – The Radford men's cross country team placed ninth with 247 points at the 2009 New Balance Big South Men's Cross Country Championship at the Shady Oaks Course on Saturday morning. 

Freshman Sam Keltner (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) was the first Highlander to cross the finish line in 42nd place with a time of 29:01.00, while teammate Nathan Turner (Lynchburg, Va./Brookville) finished in 46th place with a time of 29:22.00. 

Sophomore Eric Adams (Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring) crossed the finish line with a time of 29:56.00, while Liam Arocho (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) finished in 50th place with a time of 30:19.00. 

Rounding out the scoring for the Highlanders was Mike Saunders (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee), who finished 55th with a time of 30:50.00 and Mike Arrowsmith (Ashburn, Va./Stonebridge), who crossed the finish line with a time of 31:13.00 for 57th place. 

Turner was honored for his work in the classroom and was named to the 2009 Cross Country All-Academic Team. 

Agate

2009 Runner of the Year
Sam Chelanga, Liberty

2009 Freshman of theYear
Jacob Smith, High Point

2009 Big South All-Conference Team
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
Evans Kiegan, Liberty
Josh Morgan, High Point
Jaime McCarthy, Coastal Carolina
Kyle Kling, Coastal Carolina
Max Hacker, Coastal Carolins
Neal Darmody, High Point
David Ricksecker, Liberty
Jacob Smith, High Point
Jake Reed, Liberty

2009 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Jason Wenzel, Gardner-Webb

2009 Cross Country All-Academic Team
Jason Wenzel, Gardner-Webb
Josh Morgan, High Point
Kyle Kling, Coastal Carolina
Mark Hopely, Liberty
Adam Freudenthal, Winthrop
Matt Satterwhite, VMI
Andrew King, Charleston Southern
Nicholas Baer, Presbyterian
Nathan Turner, Radford

Coach of the Year
Brant Tolsma, Liberty