2017-18 PBC Yearbook 1718yearbook | Page 25

2017-18 PBC YEARBOOK best time in school history. Yost owns the top-five times in the recordbooks. The team ran to an eighth-place finish, a three- slot improvement over last year. The Bobcats got 208 team points, just seven behind Flagler College in seventh. The team title went to Queens University from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). The Bobcats were fourth among PBC schools, behind fourth-place University of North Georgia, Augusta University in sixth and Flagler. The eighth-place finish for the Bobcats is the best since 2009, when Georgia College finished a school-best fourth. Brittany Truitt finished in seventh place individually to pace the University of North Georgia cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Saturday morning. UNG had 116 points, finishing just four points behind Mount Olive for third place. Anderson (94) placed second in the meet. Truitt ran a 22:45, the ninth-best 6k time in program history. With her top-10 finish, Truitt was named a USTFCCCA All-Region runner for the third time in her collegiate career. Other UNG runners finishing in the top 30 of the 159-runner field were Jenna Sanborn (26th), Makayla Ellis (27th) and Emma Brown (28th). The Nighthawks will now await the NCAA selections to be released on Monday after 5 p.m. A total of 32 teams and 24 other individuals will earn a spot in the national championship race on November 18 in Evansville, Indiana. Other PBC schools in action were UNC Pembroke in ninth, Clayton State 11th, Columbus State 13th, Francis Marion 21st and Lander 23rd. GC’s Yost Runs to Top-75 Finish at NCAA National Championship EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Wrapping her career at the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship Saturday morning, senior Katherine Yost (Norcross, Georgia) braved the cold and a massive 247-runner field to take 74th place. Yost crossed the line in her final 6K at 22:23.8, good for fourth in school history. She owns the top seven times in the school recordbooks. The finish is a 26-place improvement over last year’s run at the NCAA Finals, as Yost was the first Bobcat in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championship race. “I felt pretty good until the last ‘K’, I got a pretty bad cramp but other than that it went well,” said Yost. “I completed my career just how I wanted to. I couldn’t have done much better in my opinion.” The senior closed her career in style this year, posting five race wins, including the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship in October. She was named the first PBC Runner of the Year in school history, and finishes as the first three- time All-Region honoree as well. “It’s been fun to watch her improve and get better every year,” said head coach Steven Cary. “We’ve had to learn a lot through these last four years, but it’s been great. Top-75 is an elite group.” The Bobcat junior finished fifth among Southeast Region runners in today’s action, and tops among PBC harriers. Adams State University won the National Championship with just 126 points, beating the University of Mary by 11. 25