Final Results

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Despite the sloppy conditions, Radford's cross country squads turned in solid efforts at the 2018 Big South Championships, which were held at Ivey M. Redmon Sport Complex on Friday morning. Both teams finished sixth in the field of 11.
 
In his championship debut, freshman Joe Limo impressed with a time of 27:16 to lead the men's squad with a 16th-place finish. Sophomore Juan Cisneros, who was also named to the Big South All Academic Team, was right behind him in 21st thanks to a time of 27:40.
 
Junior Mak Casey (22^nd, 27:44), classmate Ashenafi Kidanu (33^rd, 28:03) and sophomore Pete Decker (40^th, 28:25) completed the scoring for the Highlanders. 
 
Senior Joe Spriggs (68, 31:01) also competed on the 8k course.
 
On the women's side, it was freshman Kayland Bond leading the way through the 5k trail for Radford. he Vinton, Virginia native finished 25th overall with a time of 19:58.9.
 
Senior Percie Lyons finished second for the Highlanders. The Kailua, Hawaii native posted a time of 20:07 to place 29th in a large field of 82 runners. Lyons was also named to the Big South All Academic Team after the event.
 
Annsley Eckert (43^rd, 20:46), Elise Fernandez (46^th, 20:55) and Chloe Phillips (57, 21:25) rounded out Radford's scoring.
 
MEN'S TEAM SCORING
Campbell, 27
Charleston Southern, 36
High Point, 75
UNC Asheville, 114
USC-Upstate, 124
Radford, 132
Presbyterian, 215
Longwood, 238
Winthrop, 266
Hampton, 289
Gardner-Webb, 318
 
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORING
High Point, 23
Campbell, 55
Charleston Southern, 91
UNC Asheville, 106
USC-Upstate, 160
Radford, 181
Presbyterian, 209
Winthrop, 212
Hampton, 245
Longwood, 246
Gardner-Webb, 293
 
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"i thought the men were very solid today," said head coach Sam Bradley.  "We came together as a team and I thought they handled the tough conditions very well. I'm very proud of them. The women also ran very well across the board. I was very impressed with how we came out and competed on race day."
 
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