Three Mocs Named All-Conference at SoCon Championships – Chattanooga Athletics

MILL SPRINGS, N.C. — The Chattanooga women took third Saturday morning at the Southern Conference Cross Country Championships held at the Tryon Equestrian Center while the men finished fourth. Maddie Wheatcroft earned All-Conference First Team honors while Leah Boyd Mitchell and Jack Martin were both named to the Second Team.   Wheatcroft placed fourth overall with a time of 17:26.8 on the 5-kilometer course to earn First Team honors. Boyd Mitchell was 13th overall with a time of 18:01.9 to earn a spot on the Second Team. Freshmen Liv Gould (18:29.5) and Bella King (18:36.4) were the next two runners to finish for Chattanooga with Gould placing 19th and King two spots behind. Lola Baker was the Mocs fifth scoring runner to place with a time of 18:50.8 in the 29th position.   Furman claimed the top two individual spots to lead the Paladins to their 13th Southern Conference title with 23 points. Mercer was second with 68 points followed by the Mocs with 82. Western Carolina was third with 123 points and Samford took fifth at 129.   Martin led the men on the pitch, placing eighth overall, finishing behind a slew of Furman runners with a time of
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