For the first time in program history, the Augusta Jaguars are Peach Belt Conference Women’s Cross Country Champions. The Jaguars snap Flagler’s PBC record eight-year streak of championship wins. The Jaguars finished the Georgia Premier Cross Country Course with 40 points.
Flagler finished the event in second with 43 points, followed by GCSU and USCA.
Augusta’s Gabrielle Jourdain claims the PBC Individual Champion honor as she completed the 5k course in a time of 17:59.6.
The top 15 runners were named to the All-Conference team. Augusta’s Kaitlyn Lumbra finished in fourth place with a time of 18:55.9 and was named PBC Freshman of the Year as the highest-finishing freshman.
Augusta’s Jacob Burgamy was named the women’s cross country Coach of the Year for first time in his career, voted for by the coaches following the conclusion of the PBC Championship meet.
PBC All-Conference Team
- Gabrielle Jourdain, Augusta
- Carly Fuel, Lander
- Erin O’Brien, GCSU
- Kaitlyn Lumbra, Augusta
- Izzy Harter, Flagler
- Josabeth Graciano, Augusta
- Marie Meyer-Piton, Flagler
- Sophia Poling, Flagler
- Rebecca Jepngtich, USCA
- Ella Gibbs, Augusta
- Caroline Kunik, Flagler
- Rhiannon Hill, Flagler
- Sydney Thisdale, GCSU
- Linah Ewoi, USCA
- Jessie Gates, Flagler
Individual Champion: Gabrielle Jourdain, Augusta
PBC Freshman of the Year: Kaitlyn Lumbra, Augusta
PBC Coach of the Year: Jacob Burgamy, Augusta