VALDOSTA, Ga. - The Valdosta State men's and women's cross country teams are scheduled to compete at the NCAA DII South Region Cross Country Championship, Saturday, Nov. 19, at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Fla. The men's 10K race is slated to begin at 7:40 a.m., while the women's 6K race is scheduled to start at 8:55 a.m.
 
Both events will have live results through Elite Timing results. Click here for the link to the live results. All information about the NCAA DII South Region Championships can be found here.
 
For the Blazer women, all five student-athletes will be competing and for the men, eight student-athletes will travel, but only seven can compete.
 
Both cross country teams are coming off the GSC Cross Country Championship on Nov. 19, at the Montevallo Cross Country Course. The women's team finished 10th overall, while the men's team finished fifth for the Blazer men's best finish since 2014.
 
On the women's side, sophomore Caitlyn Koske finished as the top Blazer finisher with a time of 19:39, good for 28^th overall, while junior Katie LaCroix finished 53^rd overall with a time of 20:39.60. Juniors, Kyleigh Rice and Jaycie Anderson, finished 71^st and 75^th with times of 21:29.8 and 22:02.9, respectively, while freshman Emily Phillips rounded out the Blazer finishers 87^thoverall with a time of 23:43.60. 
 
For the men, senior Brishen House finished as the top Blazer runner for the men, 24^th overall, with a time of 25:11. Senior Logan Kraus, followed suit with a PR time of 25:25.4, good for 28^thoverall, while senior Charlie Eaton finished 45^th overall with a PR time of 26:21.2. Seniors Adam Mastrobuono and Braedon Bensley finished in 60^th and 62^nd, with times of 26:53.9 and 27:05.6, respectfully.  Senior Dalton Pender and Matthew Herndon finished 72^nd and 73^rd with times of 27:43.4 and a PR of 27:45.6. Freshman Gavin Sadowski and junior Austen Sekowski rounded out the Blazer finishers in 79^th and 83^rd with times of 28:15.2 and 28:42.4.  
 
The men's team had a great final push to move into fifth as it sat seventh at the 6.8K mark and, over the final 1.2K, hit its stride to move up two spots to fifth.  VSU has finished sixth in each of the last two conference championship races.
 
Following the NCAA DII South Region Cross Country Championship, the NCAA DII National Cross Country Championships are slated for Friday, Dec. 2 in Chambers Bay, Wash.