For the 7
th time in eight years, Augusta are Peach Belt Conference Men’s Cross Country Champions. The Jaguars finished the Georgia Premier Cross Country Course with 27 points.
Flagler finished the event in second with 44 points, followed by GCSU and Lander.
Flagler’s Axel Dabe claimed the PBC Individual Champion honor as he completed the 8k course in a time of 25:35.5.
The top 15 runners were named to the All-Conference team. Augusta’s Alex Sotomayor Perez finished in fifth place with a time of 26:02.8 and was named PBC Freshman of the Year as the highest-finishing freshman.
Augusta’s Jacob Burgamy was named the Coach of the Year, voted for by the coaches following the conclusion of the PBC Championship meet.
PBC All-Conference Team
- Axel Dabe, Flagler
- Andrew Helfers, Augusta
- Kaleb Hollins, Flagler
- Gabriel Best, Augusta
- Alex Sotomayor Perez, Augusta
- Shipley Smith, GCSU
- Olly Morris, Augusta
- Zach Hilyer, GCSU
- Caleb Darsey, Augusta
- Nasrudin Mohamed, Augusta
- Christopher Cull, Flagler
- Oscar Curry, Augusta
- Eli Corn, Augusta
- Beck Wolf-Hardy, Augusta
- Ben Youngs, Flagler
Individual Champion: Axel Dabe, Flagler
PBC Freshman of the Year: Alex Sotomayor Perez, Augusta
PBC Coach of the Year: Jacob Burgamy, Augusta