FOLEY, Ala. | South Alabama men's runner Kirami Yego won his second straight individual title, while Teagan Flanagan (first team) and Adele Magaud (second team) also earned all-conference honors Friday afternoon at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships held at the Graham Creek Nature Preserve .
 
Yego crossed the line in the men's 8k in 22:55.9, a new Sun Belt Conference Championship meet record in the 8k, besting the previous record set by Nicholas Aliwell (23:25.48) of Western Kentucky in 1996, the first year the competition ran the 8k. Yego's time is also a new school record in the distance, eclipsing Vincent Rono's time of 23:05 set in 2006.
 
Flanagan placed second with a time of 23:38, while  Amos Pkemoi and Giacomo DeLuca II finished in the top-20 as well with times of 25:18.5 and 25:20.3, respectively. DeLuca's time was a personal best this season. 
 
The Jag women were paced by Magaud who crossed the line with a time of 17:38 to finish 10th.
 
South Alabama's men's team finished third with 58 points, marking the second-straight year the Jaguars have placed third at the conference championships, while the women finished seventh.
  
Up Next

• Select Jaguars will compete in the NCAA South Regional Championships held in Huntsville, Ala. on Saturday, November 12.

Post-Race Notes

• Yego ran the first ever sub-23-minute 8k race in Jaguars history
• Yego became the first runner in South Alabama history to be named first-team all-conference three separate times, since the conference began separating the all-conference teams in 2012.
• Yego was the first repeat individual conference champion for South Alabama since Micha Tirop (07-08), and the first league runner to do so since Coastal Carolina's Nadeel Wildschutt, who won the title in 2017, '18 and '19
• With the repeat performance, Yego becomes the seventh male runner to win multiple Sun Belt individual titles
• Yego's time was 56 seconds faster than his winning effort in last year's championship race (23:51.3)
• South Alabama still holds the most Sun Belt team titles among current conference members with nine.
• This is the second straight year the men's team has finished third.
• This is the third time the men's team has had two runners, earn first-team all-conference honors in the same season wince 2014 and '15 when 
• Yego has finished first or second in all four of his races this season
• Flanagan's time was the fifth-fastest time for the team this season at the 8k distance
• Magaud's time was the third fastest of the season for her and for South Alabama
• The women's team has placed in the top-10 at the Sun Belt Championship for 15 straight years, dating back to 2008. In that timeframe, they have not finished below seventh
• The second-team honor marks Magaud's second all-conference accolade, as she earned first-team honors last fall
• Tonsberg set a new personal best by seven seconds
• Chagot also set a new personal best in the 5k, besting her previous best of 18:52 set at the Joe Piane Invitational earlier this season

 
Men's Team Finishes – 8k
1. Arkansas State (32); 2. Appalachian State (46); 3. South Alabama (58); 4. Marshall (97); 5. Louisiana (139); 6. ULM (190); 7. Coastal Carolina (210); 8. Troy (217); 9. Texas State (229).
 
Men's Individual Top 10 Finishes
1. Kirami Yego, South Alabama (22:55.9); 2. Teagan Flanagan, South Alabama (23:38.1); 3. Grayson Young, Arkansas State (24:21.1); 4. Dawson Mayberry, Arkansas State (24:25.5); 5. Oliver Wilson-Cook, App State (24:28.2); 6. Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State (24:33.2); 7. Natnael Enright, Arkansas State (24:37.9); 8. Ryan Brown, App State (24:40.9); 9. Garrett Bivens, App State (24:44.9); 10. Chase Burrell, App State (24:45.2).
 
South Alabama Men's Individual Finishes
1. Kirami Yego (22:55.9); 2. Teagan Flanagan (23:38.1); 16. Amos Pkemoi (25:18.5); 17. Giacomo DeLuca (25:20.3); 22. Xavier Johnson (25:38.3); 40. Lance Cunigan (26:57.3); 43. Tyler Doty (27:13.2).
 
Women's Team Finishes – 5k
1. Southern Miss (44); 2. Arkansas State (71); 3. James Madison (83); 4. Marshall (104); 5. Appalachian State (117); 6. Coastal Carolina (155); 7. South Alabama (203); 8. ULM (210); 9. Louisiana (220); 10. Troy (288).
 
Women's Individual Top 10 Finishes
1. Molly Jones, Coastal Carolina (16:29.5); 2. Sophie Daigle, Louisiana (16:36.2); 3. Oliwia Wawrzyniak, Southern Miss (16:42.2); 4. Abby Herring, Marshall (16:56.2); 5. Isabela Ross, Southern Miss (17:03.5); 6. Miranda Stanhope, JMU (17:05.9). 7. Jaybe Shufelberger, Arkansas State (17:12.8); 8. Sophie Leathers, Arkansas State (17:28.8); 9. Erin Phelps, Southern Miss (17:35.1); 10. Adele Magaud, South Alabama (17:38.8).
 
South Alabama Women's Individual Finishes
10. Adele Magaud (17:38.8); 37. Clervie Chagot (18:39.3); 43. Emma Tonsberg (18:54.5); 50. Abbey Weitenbeck (19:07.8); 63. Macy Livingston (19:35.4).
 
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