Thomas Claims Big South Runner and Freshman of the Week on Wednesday
9/30/2026 3:00:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
CHARLESTON – The Big South Conference announced that Iwan Thomas was the the men's cross country runner and freshman of the week for the weekly awards on Wednesday afternoon. This past Friday they competed at the Winthrop Invitational.
Thomas helped lead the Bucs to a team championship at the meet with a perfect team score of 15 points. Thomas claimed the individual title at the meet with an 8K time of 25:37.3, winning it by nearly a full 30 seconds over the second-place finisher.
This weekend, Charleston Southern will be traveling to Lehigh for the Paul Short Invitational. The meet is scheduled to be raced on the morning of October 2 as the Bucs will be just four weeks away from the conference championship following that race.
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Thomas helped lead the Bucs to a team championship at the meet with a perfect team score of 15 points. Thomas claimed the individual title at the meet with an 8K time of 25:37.3, winning it by nearly a full 30 seconds over the second-place finisher.
This weekend, Charleston Southern will be traveling to Lehigh for the Paul Short Invitational. The meet is scheduled to be raced on the morning of October 2 as the Bucs will be just four weeks away from the conference championship following that race.
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