Trevecca Cross Country | Both Trojan Teams Finish Eighth at Gulf South Championships

NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's and women's cross country teams each finished eighth Friday, Nov. 6, as the Trojans hosted the Gulf South Conference Championships for the first time at Andrew Jackson's The Hermitage Cross Country Course.

Junior Sarah Gwen Arnold broke 23 minutes for the first time in the women's 6K, finishing in a personal-best 22:58.8. Junior Joshua Novotny paced the men to their best GSC finish, two places higher than in each of their first two seasons in the conference.

The championships were part of Trevecca's 125th anniversary Homecoming week. The Trojans hosted the first collegiate meet at The Hermitage with the Michael Pretorius Invitational on Sept. 26.
Championship Central | Men's 8K Results | Women's 6K Results

MEN'S 8K

Novotny finished 44th among 90 runners in 25:51.5. Caleb Hinson placed 49th in 26:03.9, 13 seconds faster than his previous season best at the UAH Chargers XC Invitational.

Jack Jaeger, Caden Meeks and Garrett Wilson completed Trevecca's scoring five, which averaged 26:26. Meeks and Wilson also ran their fastest 8Ks of the fall. The Trojans scored 220 points, 10 behind seventh-place Montevallo.

PL	RUNNER	YR	TIME	PTS	BEST
44	Joshua Novotny	Jr.	25:51.5	36
49	Caleb Hinson	Jr.	26:03.9	39	SB
55	Jack Jaeger	Jr.	26:28.9	45
58	Caden Meeks	Sr.	26:38.4	47	SB
65	Garrett Wilson	Sr.	27:08.1	53	SB
68	Joel White	Sr.	27:13.2	(56)
71	John Dalton	Sr.	27:25.9	(59)
81	Harley Kirkpatrick	Jr.	28:53.0	—

WOMEN'S 6K

Arnold placed 35th among 91 finishers, up 32 places from last year's GSC meet. She took 45.5 seconds off the personal best she set Oct. 24 at UAH. Senior Ashley Alsvig followed in 54th at a season-best 24:01.4.
Freshmen Kate Brent and Sarah Penney also ran personal bests. Brent cut 1:14.1 off her previous mark to finish 56th in 24:08.3, and Penney placed 65th in 24:49.4. Ximena Acosta closed the scoring five with a season-best 25:19.9. Trevecca totaled 236 points and averaged 24:16.

PL	RUNNER	YR	TIME	PTS	BEST
35	Sarah Gwen Arnold	Jr.	22:58.8	32	PB
54	Ashley Alsvig	Sr.	24:01.4	45	SB
56	Kate Brent	Fr.	24:08.3	47	PB
65	Sarah Penney	Fr.	24:49.4	55	PB
70	Ximena Acosta	Jr.	25:19.9	57	SB
73	Madeline Patton	Sr.	25:27.1	(60)	SB
85	Kayliana Martin	So.	27:53.4	(70)
87	Sophia Garcia	So.	28:09.6	—	SB
88	Hailey Carmichael	Sr.	28:20.5	—	SB

PB indicates a personal best and SB a season best. Parentheses mark sixth and seventh team finishers.

GULF SOUTH CHAMPIONS

Lee put five runners in the top six to win its fifth straight men's title and ninth overall. Its 16 points were the fewest since Harding scored 15 in 2003. Kylian Boulanger edged Lee teammate Pierre Chauveau by four hundredths of a second, with both listed at 23:30.2 in the official results. Boulanger was the first freshman to win the men's race since Alfred Chelanga in 2015.
Lee's women placed their five scorers in the top nine to win with 26 points, securing a conference-record ninth team title. Sophomore Ava Sparks won in a personal-best 20:41.6, the second-fastest time since the race moved to 6,000 meters. Sparks gave Lee its fourth straight individual champion and eighth in nine years. Mississippi Christian, the defending women's champion, finished second in both races.

GSC TEAM RESULTS

PL	MEN'S TEAM	PTS	WOMEN'S TEAM	PTS
1	Lee	16	Lee	26
2	Mississippi Christian	71	Mississippi Christian	75
3	AUM	82	UAH	101
4	UAH	88	AUM	103
5	Union	137	Union	104
6	West Alabama	177	Christian Brothers	151
7	Montevallo	210	Montevallo	210
8	Trevecca Nazarene	220	Trevecca Nazarene	236
9	Valdosta State	260	West Alabama	260
10	Christian Brothers	282	Valdosta State	273
11	—	—	Delta State	331

GSC INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Trevecca's Sarah Gwen Arnold was named the 2026 GSC Champion Cross Country Scholar-Athlete.
Eleni Stemmildt placed fourth in 20:59.3 and became the first Christian Brothers runner to earn the women's freshman award. The men's coach of the year award was the sixth straight and 10th overall for Lee's Caleb Morgan.

AWARD	MEN	WOMEN
Runner of the Year	Kylian Boulanger, Lee	Ava Sparks, Lee
Freshman Runner of the Year	Kylian Boulanger, Lee	Eleni Stemmildt, Christian Brothers
Coach of the Year	Caleb Morgan, Lee	Caleb Morgan, Lee

ALL-GSC TEAMS

The top 10 finishers in each race earned first-team honors. Finishers 11 through 20 made the second team.

FIRST TEAM

PL	MEN	TEAM	WOMEN	TEAM
1	Kylian Boulanger	Lee	Ava Sparks	Lee
2	Pierre Chauveau	Lee	Addi Aguayo	Union
3	Tucker Wright	Lee	Capucine Cureau	Lee
4	Stephen Clark	Lee	Eleni Stemmildt	Christian Brothers
5	Aaron Fynaardt	Union	Sadie Wielfart	Lee
6	Ryan Lovelace	Lee	Victoria Markham	Union
7	Matthew Singletary	Mississippi Christian	Chloe Helms	AUM
8	Tyler Anthony	AUM	Abi Moore	Lee
9	Parker Campbell	Lee	Michela Papalia	Lee
10	Chris Ross	Lee	Lucy Hearn	Lee

SECOND TEAM

PL	MEN	TEAM	WOMEN	TEAM
11	Baxter Friedman	Mississippi Christian	Lucy Guthrie	Lee
12	Caleb Yoder	AUM	Sofia Fregona	Lee
13	Conner Campbell	Lee	Audrey Mayatte	Mississippi Christian
14	Jayden Allred	Lee	Kathryn Finch	Mississippi Christian
15	Dakota Frank	UAH	Ava Wardlaw	Mississippi Christian
16	Carson Smith	Mississippi Christian	Lindsey Barnes	UAH
17	JT Mathison	AUM	Katie Beam	Lee
18	Conner Patterson	UAH	Lena Parker	AUM
19	Tripp Miller	UAH	Kinley Harris	Mississippi Christian
20	Cole Robinson	UAH	Rose Betts	UAH

UP NEXT

Trevecca returns to Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, Nov. 21, for the NCAA Division II South Regional Championships at John Hunt Cross Country Park. The men race over 10,000 meters and the women over 6,000 meters.

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