Results
LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Savannah College of Art and Design men's cross country team finished in second place at the 2009 The Sun Conference Championship that was held Saturday (Nov. 7) at the Lekarica Golf Course.
In the process, the Bees had a runner earned all-conference accolades and two runners qualify for the NAIA National Championship that will be contested Nov. 21 in Vancouver, Wash.
The second-place finish was the best-ever result in the conference/regional meet in the program's history. The Bees finished with 56 points while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University captured the event with 18 points.
Cesar Fernandez Lazaro was the top finisher for the Bees as he came in third place with a time of 26:56.44 in the 8K event. By virtue of being among the top seven finishers, he earned all-conference honors. He also qualified for nationals by being one of the top five finishers not on the winning team. Joining Lazaro as a national qualifier was
Ben Harrison, who came in eighth place with a time of 28:41.27.
John Sutherland came in 15th place with a time of 29:46.08 and was followed by Carl Dominque (16th, 29:48.33),
Patrick Cooley (17th, 29:56.79),
Nick Curtis (19th, 30:07.95), Dillan Brinlee (20th, 30:12.26),
Ed McDaniel (23rd, 30:25.32) and
Joe Housel (28th, 31:09.36).