FOLEY, Ala. | South Alabama runner Kirami Yego won his second straight individual title, and the men's and women's crossy country teams each finished in the top seven at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships at the Graham Creek Nature Preserve Friday afternoon.
Yego crossed the line in the men's 8k in 22:55.9, a new personal record and a new record for the Sun Belt Conference Championships. He beat the previous record set by Nicholas Aliwell (23:25.48) of Western Kentucky in 1996, the first year the competition ran the 8k. Yego's time is also a new school record, beating out Vincent Romo's school record set in 2006 (23:05).