CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The SCAD men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Columbia, S.C. for the 2023 Akiah McMillan Invitational on Saturday and the women's team won the event while the men's team finished in fifth.
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS: Alex Midgett was SCAD's top finisher, placing second in the field of 114 with a time of 22:24.3. Edith Manfred, Maggie Froning, and Stef Baracaldo also finished in the top 10 with a fourth-place time of 22:48.8, a seventh-place time of 23:51.0, and a tenth-place time of 24:34.6 respectively.
 

FINISH	RUNNER	TIME
2nd	Alex Midgett	22:24.3
4th	Edith Manfred	22:48.8
7th	Maggie Froning	23:51.0
10th	Stef Baracaldo	24:23.6
16th	Carlotta Walser	24:55.8
24th	Avery Knight	25:34.6
40th	Grace Vaughn	26:48.5
43rd	Maggie Hunt	27:11.6
49th	Emma Giddens	27:52.0
58th	Isabella Zaro	28:51.6
59th	Caitlin Michelangelo	28:52.2
114th	Joselyn Leon	43:51.3

 
The Bees, running in their first 6K of the season, won the 15-field event.
  
MEN'S RESULTS: The men's team ran an 8K course and the Bees' top finisher was freshman Max Heins, running a 26:02.6 to finish 6^th out of the 132-runner field.
 

FINISH	RUNNER	TIME
6th	Max Heins	26:02.6
7th	Tom Schroeder	26:11.1
22nd	Ryan Bradley	27:49.4
52nd	Kaid Boehm	29:05.7
62nd	Roan Egan	29:40.9
66th	Shammah Dosunmu	29:52.6
77th	Isaac Cinnamon	30:30.9
100th	Daniel Garza	32:07.6
108th	Jake Hays	33:25.8

 
As a team, SCAD finished fifth out of 15 teams.
 
WHAT'S NEXT? SCAD will return to action on September 30^th.