FARMVILLE, Va. -- The Radford University men's and women's cross country teams displayed strong performances at the Big South Championships on Saturday morning. Chloe Wellings paced the Highlanders in the women's race as she finished on the podium in third place, a time quick enough to help Radford take third in the team standings. Clay Kelly was the first Highlander to cross the line in the men's race. He finished in 19^th place to propel Radford to fourth place as a team.
 
The championship meet was held at Longwood University. The women started the day off with a 5,000-meter race before the men finished things off with an 8,000-meter event.
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS
Wellings' time of 17:21.9 led the Highlanders to a third-place effort as a team. Her standout performance earned her First Team All-Conference honors after narrowly missing out with a 15th-place finish a year ago. The junior posted a personal best time, moving her up to second place in the program's all-time record book.
 
Lucy Thornton was the second Highlander to cross the line as she recorded a time of 18:15.0 to secure 13^th place. The graduate student's time was quick enough to place her on the All-Conference Second Team. She finishes her career as one of the Big South's best to accompany and individual title at the Roanoke XC Invitational earlier this season.
 
Savannah Hoff (18:47.5) and Abby Seigel (18:54.6) both posted sub-19-minute times to be the next two scoring Highlanders. The duo finished the race in 21^st and 22^nd position, respectively.
 
Rachel Millirons also finished in the top third of the field as she rounded out the scoring for Radford. The senior finished the race with a time of 19:00.2 to place 25^th.
 
MEN'S RESULTS
Kelly posted the quick time for the Highlanders, recording a 25:53.9 effort. His sub-26 minute performance was enough to put him in the top quarter of the field.
 
Ethan Gear was the next Highlander to score as the stellar freshman finished with a time of 26:03.8 in his first conference championship meet, good enough for 24^th place.
 
Sam Sikora and Nick McCumsey finished in 26^th and 27^th to continue Radford's scoring efforts. The pair registered times of 26:12.0 and 26:14.3, performances good enough to finish in the top third of the race.
 
Peyton Hurd's time of 26:29.1 was enough to round out the Highlander scoring. The senior came across the line 32^nd.

POSTSEASON AWARDS
At the conclusion of the meet, the Big South also announced its annual awards, with MegAnne Gilmore and Nick McCumsey being rewarded for their accomplishments in the classroom with Big South All-Academic honors.
 
The full list of all Big South Postseason Awards is below.

MEN
Individual Champion
Micah Gilpatric, Charleston Southern

Freshman of the Year
Othmane El Gharissi, High Point

Coach of the Year
Jim Stintzi, Charleston Southern

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Lorenzo Botter, High Point

All-Conference (Top 14 Finishers)
First-Team
Micah Gilpatric, Charleston Southern
Alan Deogracias, Charleston Southern
Othmane El Gharissi, High Point
Spencer Smucker, High Point
Gavin Kuhlenbeck, Charleston Southern
Adam Hessler, UNC Asheville
Ian Miller, High Point

Second-Team
Jaden Kingsley, Charleston Southern
Zach Wedding, Charleston Southern
Tom Joyce, Charleston Southern
Rob Howorth, Charleston Southern
John Ciprich, UNC Asheville
Sam Waldin, Charleston Southern
Patrick Kelly, High Point

All-Academic Team
Rievan Lombard, Campbell
Evan Crawford, Charleston Southern
Ryan Morita, Gardner-Webb
Lorenzo Botter, High Point
Alec Daniel, Longwood
William Johnson, Presbyterian College
Nick McCumsey, Radford
Dylan Major, UNC Asheville
Jared Keklak, USC Upstate
Nolan Weisdorfer, Winthrop

WOMEN
Individual Champion
Lindsey Ickes, High Point

Freshman of the Year
Charli Montalvo, High Point

Coach of the Year
Remy Tamer, High Point

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Lili Jaraczewski, Presbyterian College

All-Conference Team (Top 14 Finishers)
First-Team
Lindsey Ickes, High Point
Dorcus Ewoi, Campbell
Chloe Wellings, Radford
Ashley Jones, High Point
Katie Taylor, High Point
Camry Harper, High Point
Sarah McCartney, Charleston Southern

Second-Team
Keerstin Augustin, Charleston Southern
Charli Montalvo, High Point
Anne Akagi, Charleston Southern
Joanna Poland, High Point
Anna Ritter, High Point
Lucy Thornton, Radford
Heaven Allen, USC Upstate

All-Academic Team
Holly Johnson, Campbell
Anne Akagi, Charleston Southern
Amy Prugh, Gardner-Webb
Katie Taylor, High Point
Kiersten Witte, Longwood
Lili Jaraczewski, Presbyterian College
MegAnne Gilmore, Radford
Madeline Wittschen, UNC Asheville
Laura Yarborough, USC Upstate
Katie Weber, Winthrop

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