RESULTS

SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Lee University women's cross country team placed six in the top 12 to win the NCAA Division II South Region Championship Saturday morning at The Abbey Course at Saint Leo University. The Lady Flames posted 31 points to win the team title by 49 points. Saint Leo (80) and Mississippi College (97) were second and third, respectively.

This is the second South Region Championship for the Lady Flames. They had also claimed the last completed region championship back in 2019. The NCAA canceled the 2020 postseason.

"Our women dominated from the gun," said Lee head coach Caleb Morgan. "This group's ability to pack run gives us such an advantage. We have showed up every race this season and executed perfectly."

Celine Ritter and Toni Moore were the first two runners to complete the 6-kilometer course. Ritter claimed her second individual region championship with a time of 21:25.13. Moore was second at 21:52.14.

"Celine and Toni have consistently been our top two and finished there yet again today. We look forward to seeing how low they can finish individually in two weeks," concluded Morgan.

Danielle Horter stopped the clock at 22:31.38 to finish seventh overall. Grace Adams and Olivia McLain were Lee's final two scorers. Adams clocked in at 22:34.16 for 10^th and McLain finished 11^th at 22:34.19.

Aria Hawkins (22:35.01) placed 12^th and Lily Hare was 16^th (22:58.09) out of 131 total runners.

The Lady Flames earned an automatic berth to the 2021 NCAA Division II National Championships which will be held at The Abbey Course on November 20.