HARDEEVILLE, S.C.- The Savannah State cross country teams competed in the annual Sand Shark Invitational hosted by USC Beaufort.
 
The SSU men finished 31st in the 8k event.
 
Corey Jones was the top finisher for SSU among the 303 runners. Jones had a time of 28:00.65 and finished 142nd overall.
 
Micah Richards (28:24.77) was 158th while Kenneth Nealy (28:50.68) was 179th, Michael Smith (29:35.29) finished 216th and Randolph Barratt (33:23.95) was 280th.
 
The Savannah State women placed 35th.
 
Kortney Sizemore had the best time of the SSU women in the 5k race.
 
Sizemore had a time of 21:32.73 and finished 193rd overall.
 
Alysia Potts had a time of 26:27.32 to finish 325th.
 
Rounding out the other SSU runners were Ashley Goss (26:43.43), Asea Mayfield (28:02.80) and Kacie Wimpye (28:02.99).
 
Goss was 328th overall while Mayfield finished 335th and Wimpye was 336th of the 347 runners that competed.