Men's Cross Country | 10/19/2019 8:16:00 PM
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – In the final meet of the regular season, Savannah State senior
Abbas Abbkar ran a 26:14.83 to finish in second place overall in the 2019 USCB Sand Shark Invitational on Saturday.
Abbkar was bested by SCAD Atlanta's Bryce Derick who ran a 25:51.66 in the 8k. The Savannah State men's team finished 7th overall on the day with a time of 2:22:23. SCAD Atlanta took the trophy with a time of 2:13:24, followed by SCAD Savannah (2:14:36) in the 17-team field.
Savannah State men's and women's cross country will compete in the 2019 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Oct. 25.
Following Abbkar,
Suheib Mohamed finished in 13th place with a time of 27:08.76. Sahlu Atakiliti finished with a time of 28:36.24, followed by Djangmah Nartmartey (30:07.95) and
Erik Roberts (20:14.83).
The Lady Tigers finished with a time of 1:47:21 in 12
th place. SCAD Atlanta also won the women's 5k with a time of 1:30.03, followed in the 19-team field by SCAD Savannah (1:35.19).
Karen Perez led the Lady Tigers with a time of 20:32.32, followed by
Kayla Chance (20:37.33), Simone Johnson (20:51.80),
Christy Turner (21:49.52),
Jasmine Williams (23:29.68) and
Jonica Hill (23:33.53).
