HUNTSVILLE – The UAH Chargers won the 2020 GSC Men’s Cross Country Championship. This marks the Chargers’ second consecutive conference championship and sixth overall.

The Chargers placed four runners in the top 10.  Harold LaCroix, a 2019 First Team All-GSC selection, finished in third and was immediately followed by 2019 Individual Champion Jay Day. Day earned his fourth consecutive First Team All-GSC selection. Freshman of the Year Gabe Henneberger finished in seventh, and he was followed by Caleb Boys in eighth.

The Chargers scored 33 points, finishing nine points ahead of the runners-up Lee Flames.

Montevallo, Mississippi College, and Auburn Montgomery rounded out the top five.

David Cain of UAH was named Coach of the Year, earning the award for the seventh time in his career.  He has led the program to all six of its GSC Championships.

Christian Noble of Lee won his third GSC Individual Championship, joining elite company. Only two other runners (Daniel Kirwa of Harding and Christian Palmer of Troy) have previously accomplished this feat. Noble also joined Day in earning his fourth First Team All-GSC selection.

Joseph Leventry of Montevallo finished in second place.  He is Montevallo’s best ever GSC individual finisher in the school’s history.

Brishen House of Valdosta State garnered a Second Team All-GSC selection, making him the Blazers’ first All-GSC runner since 2014.

This was one of the fastest races in GSC Men’s Cross Country Championship. The top five runners (Noble, Leventry, LaCroix, Day, Caleb Eagleson) all placed amongst the ten fastest times in conference history.

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CARROLLTON, Ga. – In Carrollton, the Men’s Cross Country team finished fourth Saturday afternoon at the Gary Wilson Invitational. Audrick Pyronneau was the top finisher for the Tigers, posting a time of 27:03.57 in the 8k to finish fifth overall. Solomon Komen of West Georgia led the race and finished first with a time of 26:05.07.

UWA’s next-best finisher was Kyle Rock, in ninth, followed by Seth Lord in 30th, Shadrack Bett in 31st, Daniel Tully in 38th, Jayson Lynch in 45th, and Cam Crawford in 53rd.

MEN’S RESULTS

5. Audrick Pyronneau (27:03.57)
9. Kyle Rock (27:47.18)
30. Seth Lord (30:00.29)
31. Shadrack Bett (30:00.44)
38. Daniel Tully (30:31.55)
45. Jayson Lynch (31:27.02)
53. Cam Crawford (36:04.13)

The Red and Blue Race were combined for the men’s 8k. Alabama Huntsville (34) won the meet, followed by Auburn Montgomery (45), West Georgia (104), West Alabama (104), Columbus State (113), Clayton State (148), and Shorter (212).

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HUNTSVILLE – The Tigers finished fourth at the season opener Saturday morning in Huntsville. Junior Audrick Pyronneau led the way for UWA, finishing 12th at a 8K time of 25:19.80. Christian Noble of Lee led the race and finished first with a time of 23:51.07.

Kyle Rock was West Alabama’s next-best finisher, in 22nd, followed by Seth Lord in 35th, Shadrack Bett in 39th, Max Valadez at 46th, Jayson Lynch in 53rd and Daniel Tully in 57th.

Alabama Huntsville won the meet with five runners finishing in the top 10. Lee was second, followed by Mississippi College, West Alabama and West Georgia to round out the top five in the 11-team field. Cumberland, Auburn Montgomery, Wallace State, Point University, Marion Military Institute and Blue Mountain completed the remainder of the field.

The Tigers will head to Carrollton, Ga., for the Gary Wilson Invite on Saturday, Oct. 10.

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