XC swarms top places in first two meets

The women’s cross country team poses for a photo during the North Alabama Showcase. The team secured a third place finish to follow up their perfect 15-point win at the Berry College Watermelon Run at the beginning of the month. // Photo courtesy of GTAATech cross country opened their season with a pair of meets early this September. The Jackets lined up first at the Berry College Watermelon Run on Sept. 1, competing against five smaller schools. Both the men and women emerged first overall from the course with perfect scores. Senior Nick Nyman led the way in the men’s 8k run, finishing first overall with a time of 24:56. Senior Zach Jaeger followed just behind with a time of 24:57. The men completed their perfect top-five sweep with junior Alex Thomas just edging out an unattached runner at the finish line by three-tenths of a second. Tech entered 16 men in the race, who all came in under 28:30 and in the top 26 of 77 runners.

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