Buccaneer Women Claim Third at Big South Cross Country Championships on Friday

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Charleston Southern competed at the Big South Championship on Friday morning and claimed third as a team at the meet with a pair of freshmen leading them to the finish.

Charleston Southern tallied a team score of 71 points for the top three finish. High Point had a score of 38 to win the meet while UNC Asheville had a score of 67 to be the runner-up.

Amron Rice was the top finisher for the Buccaneers at the meet with a time of 17:56.8 to claim ninth overall. After her was Adda Helmers from the Bucs with her time of 18:17.7 for 14^th overall in the field. Each of them earned Second-Team All-Conference accolades for their top 14 finishes in the race.

Lucy McNamara, Freya Buglass and Charlize Antia were right behind Helmers taking 15-16-17 to round out the scoring for Charleston Southern. They had times of 18:18.2, 18:18.3 and 18:22.4. Sophia Scherwinski was close behind them in 19^th with a 18:25.0 to be the squad's sixth across the line.

The Buccaneers will be returning to Spartanburg again in two weeks as they will be competing in the NCAA Southeast Regionals. The race will be the third time that Charleston Southern has competed at the course with the meet to be held on the morning of Friday, November 13. The Buccaneer will be looking to punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships at the meet which will be raced in Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday, November 21.

CSU Individual Results
9 – Amron Rice – 17:56.8
14 – Adda Helmers – 18:17.7
15 – Lucy McNamara – 18:18.2
16 – Freya Buglass – 18:18.3
17 – Charlize Antia – 18:22.4
19 – Sophia Scherwinski – 18:25.0
26 – Brianna Adams – 18:40.4
31 – Elizabeth Shaylor – 18:45.5
36 – Sienna Rose – 18:56.7
43 – Katrina Husby – 19:10.6

Final Team Results
1 – High Point (38)
2 – UNC Asheville (67)
3 – Charleston Southern (71)
4 – Longwood (96)
5 – Radford (155)
6 – Gardner-Webb (161)
7 – Winthrop (163)
8 – USC Upstate (201)
9 – Presbyterian (284)

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Players Mentioned

Brianna Adams

Charlize Antia

Freya Buglass

Adda Helmers

Katrina Husby

Lucy McNamara

Amron Rice

Sienna Rose

Sophia Scherwinski

Elizabeth Shaylor

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