King concludes season at NCAA Southeast Regional Championships

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The King University men's cross country team concluded their season with a 21st place finish at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championships.
 
THE BASICS
RESULTS: King placed 21st of 28 teams
LOCATION: Milliken Research Park; Spartanburg, S.C.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Sophomore, Sean Kilpatrick, led the team finishing 86th with a time of 33:55. About a minute behind was the foursome of freshmen, Spencer Utsey, senior, Mason Sanders, and sophomores Lance Hatcher and Evan Deichert, who all finished in 34:53, 34:59, 35:09, and 35:14, respectively, with a spread of just 21 seconds between them.
 
At the 2k point of the race, the men were in 25th place with a team score of 712 points. By the end of the 10k, the men moved up to 21st place with a team score of 574 points. Between the final 8k (5 miles) of the race, the men moved up 138 positions. The largest gain was led by Kilpatrick who passed 59 other runners during this span. 
 
Post race, Coach Jack Brunecz said "The men and women executed our strategic gameplan very well today. The men were very inexperienced when it came to the cross country 10k as only 2 of the 7 men have raced it before. So we had a more conservative approach and wanted to ensure we would be strong the second half of the race. Too often runners go out too hard in the 10k and they pay for it the second half of the race. The numbers don't lie and they show how smart of a race our men ran and we gained valuable experience to be well prepared for the 10k next year. I'm already excited for next season, but first we will continue our trend of progression through the upcoming indoor track & field season."
 
RESULTS
Individual

Place	Name	Time
86	Sean Kilpatrick	33:55.2
114	Spencer Utsey	34:53.0
120	Mason Sanders	34:58.9
126	Lance Hatcher	35:09.7
128	Evan Deichert	35:14.0
151	Cole Johnson	36:13.0
176	Braydon Muhly	37:52.8

 
 
Team

Place	Name	Points
1	Wingate	15
2	Augusta	74
3	Anderson	102
4	Flagler	102
5	Catawba	153
6	UNC Pembroke	216
7	Converse	247
8	Lincoln Memorial	253
9	Emory & Henry	300
10	Lees-McRae	335
11	Young Harris	338
12	Belmont Abbey	344
13	Georgia College	391
14	Southern Wesleyan	430
15	Carson-Newman	431
16	Lenoir-Rhyne	442
17	Mount Olive	451
18	North Greenville	475
19	Clayton State	519
20	Mars Hill	543
21	King	574
22	USC Aiken	587
23	UVA Wise	635
24	Newberry	660
25	Columbus St.	712
26	Lander	725
27	Erskine	735
28	Emmanuel	777