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App State cross country earns six awards at Sun Belt Championships

App State’s cross country season concluded Friday at the Sun Belt Championships in Foley, Alabama. The men placed second and women finished in fifth. Se

Six Mountaineer runners earned All-Conference awards at the event. Despite the strong showings, Arkansas State won the men’s event and Southern Miss. won the women’s race.

For the men’s 8K, junior Oliver Wilson-Cook took off for a 2:48.2 time and fifth place finish to earn the First Team All-Conference distinction. A trio of Mountaineer runners earned Second Team All-Conference. Graduate student Ryan Brown snagged eighth place after running a 24:40.9. Hot on his tail was sophomore Garrett Bivens who finished in ninth place with a 24:44.