Results
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Flagler College men's cross country team finished a program-best 13th at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals held Saturday morning at the McAlpine Creek Park.
Flagler has competed in NCAA Division II regionals since the 2008 season, its first year of full-fledged membership in the NCAA.
The host school, Queens University of Charlotte, topped the 24-team field with 62 points. The Royals had four runners finish in the top seven. Mount Olive College finished second with 62 points and both schools advance to the national championships.
Corey Mundy (Green Cove Springs, Fla., Clay HS) and
Mike Lambert (Orlando, Fla., Freedom HS) finished in 35th and 36th places, respectively. Munday posted a time of 33:09.3 over the 10K course while Lambert crossed the finish line at 33:10.0.
Pardon Ndhlovu of UNC Pembroke was the top finisher with a time of 30:55.5. He held off a duo from Queens, Felix Duchampt and Christopher Enriquez who followed with times of 31:09.5 and 31:18.5. The field consisted of 169 runners.
Alex Bonus (Hershey, Pa., Palmyra Area HS) finished in 69th place with a time of 33:59.9.
Matt Goodman (Orlando, Fla., Winter Park HS) crossed the line at 34:58.9 and placed 95th.
Justin Talavera (Northridge, Calif. , College of the Canyon) rounded out Flagler's scorers with a time of 35:10.7 and a 102nd place finish.
Derek Casciano (Meriden, Conn., Coginchaug Regional HS) finished 108th overall and posted a time of 35:24.0. Zach Shave finished 125th with a time of 36:13.5
Team results: 1) Queens 62; 2) Mount Olive 82; 3) King 114; 4) Mars Hill 121; 5) UNC Pembroke 123; 6) Anderson 207; 7) Augusta State 207; 8) Columbus State 217; 9) Clayton State 304; 10) Lenoir-Rhyne 310; 11) Erskine 314; 12) Wingate 319; 13) Flagler 328; 14) Georgia College 337; 15) Lees-McRae 391; 16) Limestone 408; 17) Belmont Abbey 418; 18) Lincoln Memorial 489; 19) Coker 530; 20) Barton 538; 21) Montevallo 549; 22) Pfeiffer 566; 23) Francis Marion 619; 24) Carson-Newman 667.
Top 10 finishers: 1) Pardon Ndhlovu (UNCP) 30:55.5; 2) Felix Duchampt (QUC) 31:09.5; 3) Christopher Enriquez (QUC) 31:18.5; 4) Chris Scroll (UNCP) 31:19.7; 5) Simon Stuetzel (QUC) 31:37.8; 6) Justin Gragg (MH) 31:52.7; 7) Anthony Mallory (QUC) 31:56.7; 8) Naseem Haje (KING) 32:00.1; 9) Christian Crifasi (CC) 32:14.8; 10) James Maloney (MOC) 32:17.6.
Flagler runners: 35) Mundy 33:09.3; 36) Lambert 33:10.0; 69) Bonus 33:59.9; 95) Goodman 34:58.9; 102) Talavera 35:10.7; 108) Casciano 35:24.0; 125) Shave 36:13.5.
