FOLEY, Ala. - South Alabama competed at the Sun Belt Conference Championships Friday morning. The women placed 10th in the 5k (13 teams), and the men finished 7th in the 8k (9 teams).
Charleen Elizondo placed third in the field setting yet another personal best with a time of 17:12.5. The junior earned First-Team All Conference honors with the finish after leading the Jaguar women through all five events this season.
On the men's side, Xavier Johnson led the Jaguars with a 10th place finish, and earned Second-Team All Conference honors with a huge 42-second personal best of his own (24:29.88).
Men's Team Finishes - 8k
1. App State (32), 2. Arkansas State (83), 3. ULM (103), 4. Texas State (121), 5. Louisiana (133), 6. Marshall (134), 7. South Alabama (160), 8. Coastal Carolina (165), 9. Troy (204).
Men's Individual Top 10 Finishes
1. Carlo Martinez-Jaramillo, Arkansas State (24:04.41); 2. Kgaogelo Moloisi, ULM (24:04.62); 3. Henry Lyon, Louisiana (24:05.51); 4. Henry Stark, App State (24:07.41); 5. Noah Martinson, App State (24:09.71); 6. Tate Shore, App State (24:12.82); 7. Henok Hagos, Texas State (24:14.73); 8. Thomas Wlazlowski, App State (24:16.78); 9. Ethan Lipham, App State (24:20.70); 10. Xavier Johnson, South Alabama (24:29.88).
South Alabama Men's Individual Finishes
10. Xavier Johnson (24:29.88), 30. Brady Keller (25:17.19), 31. Carson Barlow (25:17.61), 46. Blayton Bernard (25:54.94), 47. Tyler Doty (25:55.03), 144. Jean-Pierre Le Roux (26:55.3), 160. John Luke Stovall (27:33.8).
Women's Team Finishes - 5k
1. App State (77), 2. Southern Miss. (88), 3. Texas State (98), 4. Louisiana (101), 5. Arkansas State (104), 6. James Madison (141), 7. Coastal Carolina (168), 8. Marshall (182), 9. ULM (197), 10. South Alabama (293), 11. Georgia Southern (346), 12. Georgia State (354), 13. Troy (361).
Women's Individual Top 10 Finishes
1. Abigail Parra, Texas State (16:52.10); 2. Alexia Macias, Texas State (17:09.40); 3. Charleen Elizondo, South Alabama (17:12.50); 4. Isabelle Russell, Louisiana (17:15.10); 5. Ella Segura, Louisiana (17:17.20); 6. Emme Bates, Southern Miss. (17:21.90); 7. Hannah Wyler, Marshall (17:25.80); 8. Addison Laughlin, Coastal Carolina (17:33.00); 9. Erika Krueger, Arkansas State (17:37.70); 10. Sidney Walters, James Madison (17:39.70).
South Alabama Women's Individual Finishes
3. Charleen Elizondo (17:12.5); 66. Samantha Menikheim (18:46.4); 138. Tyndal Ann Griffith (19:03.2); 83. Kate Miller (19:27.9); 89. Hannah Quick (19:45.5); 174. Aubrey Zubrei (20:31.5); 175. Abigail Amick (20:47.9).Â
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