The Lee University men's cross country team completed its season with a 10th place finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.
The Flames had three runners among the top 60 and amassed 375 points to finish 10th.Tucker Wright was Lee's top finisher at 50th overall. He crossed the finish line at 30:53.9. Edimo Ninteretse was close behind at 30:57.4 for 53rd place. Pierre Chauveau stopped the clock at 31:01.9 for 58th.
Evan Moore and Chris Ross completed the Lee scoring. Moore finished 132nd out of 262 runners with a time of 32:03.8 and Ross was 138th (32:08.0). Ryan Lovelace finished 186th with a time of 32:31.2 and Luke Gaddis rounded out the Lee finishers at 219th (33:03.3).
The Lee University women's cross country team completed its season with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships
The Lady Flames had two runners among the top 30 and amassed 463 points to finish 15th. Lee's top finisher was Maria Mitchell at No. 26. Mitchell completed the circuit at 20:53.2. Estella Clemons was a few spots behind at 29th with a mark of 20:55.3. Mitchell and Clemons earned All-American status because of their top 40 finishes.
Ava Sparks was Lee's third runner to cross the finish line. She stopped the clock at 22:19.5 to place 148th out of 261 runners. Sadie Wielfaert and Capucine Cureau rounded out the Lady Flames scoring. Wielfaert finished 164th (22:26.8) and Cureau was 166th (22:28.4).
Katie Beam and Abi Moore were the final Lee runners across the finish line. Beam completed the race at 22:40.8 for 186th and Moore was 229th with a time of 23:17.9.