Pirates To Run In NCAA Southeast Regional

Friday, November 12

Lexington, Ky.

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East Carolina University

NCAA Southeast Regional

November 11, 2021 | Cross Country

NCAA Southeast Regional Meet Page

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The East Carolina cross country programs are set to compete at the NCAA Southeast Regional Friday morning at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park in Lexington, Ky.

The women's 6K will begin at 11 a.m. followed by the men's 10K approximately one hour later.

The top two teams at each regional meet will automatically qualify for NCAA Championships in Tallahassee, Florida on Nov. 20. The remaining 13 NCAA Championship spots will be determined on a selection show on Saturday, November 13 at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.

The top four finishers in the men's and women's race that are not members of qualifying teams will qualify to compete in Tallahassee as individuals.

The Pirates last competed at the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships back on Oct. 29 in Lakeland, Fla., where the women's team ended up in fifth place with 137 points – the Pirates' best result since a fourth-place showing in 2015. The men's squad matched its showing from last season, producing a sixth-place effort with 172 points. Tulsa claimed both team titles.

Senior Abby Yourkavitch claimed all-conference honors with a 13th-place finish, crossing the line in a 6K time of 22:02. Madeline Hill and Lindsay Yentz both produced times of 22:32 to finish in 26th and 27th place respectively. Jenna Strange and Alyssa Zack rounded out the top-five runners on the women's side by crossing the line in 22:46 (32nd) and 23:05 (41st).

As for the men, Chase Osborne recorded a team-best 8K time of 25:37 to finish in 30th place. Colin McCauley followed in 35th with a time of 25:46 while Matthew Russell, Jack Dingman and Ethan Hageman were 38th (25:56), 39th (25:57) and 40th (26:03).

The NCAA Southeast regional meet was not conducted during the 2020-21 academic year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the men took 18th place with 483 points while the women ended up in 19th with a point total of 530. Virginia and Virginia Tech finished as the top two teams in the men's event to earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Cross Country Championships while NC State and Furman did the same in the women's race.