OAKWOOD, Ga. – The Carson-Newman cross-country teams wrapped up their season on Saturday at the NCAA DII Southeast Regional, as the women took 9^th and the men placed 15^th.

Katie Smock and Jenna Pittman led the way for the women, finishing back-to-back at 30^th and 31^st. The two finished almost simultaneously, with Smock coming in at 22:59.3 and Pittman at 23:00.9.

Peyton Couch came in at 59^th at 23:53.0, with McKenna Spaulding and Imke Van Gog shortly following at 61^st and 62^nd. Spaulding crossed at 23:58.3, with Van Gog finishing less than a second later.

Maggie Hope finished 98^th at 25:09.07, and Nicole Griffith rounded out the Eagle finishers in 128^th at 27:09.3.

"For us to finish 9^th was very pleasing," interim head coach Whit Lee said. "We finished in our little clusters as we've been doing all year long… That's what helped put us in the top ten."

On the men's side, Colten Lee became the first all-region male for the Eagles since 2018, with a 20^th-place finish in the 10k at 30:30.6. 

Brent Borden became the 2^nd Eagle to finish, coming in 78^th at 33:03.2. Raymond Brugmans placed two slots later at 80^th at 33:04.8.

Cooper Carr came in shortly after, finishing in 110^th at 33:55.1. Will Kolb and Trent Lovelace finished in short order at 137^th and 144^th. Kolb crossed at 34:44.4 and Lovelace at 34:57.5.

To close out the Eagles, Bryson Burkett finished in 153^rd at 35:44.3.

With a solid performance on both sides, the Eagles closed their season on a high note against a stout field of competition.