MACON, Ga. – Freshmen Tate Ragsdale and Haley Solan continued to lead the Georgia Southwestern State University cross country teams Friday as the Hurricanes competed in the Peach Belt Conference Preview.

Ragsdale paced the GSW men for the third consecutive race, completing the 8K course in 31:33.3 to finish 18th overall. His time was more than 32 seconds faster than the 32:05.97 he posted two weeks ago at the HOKA + Nights of Thunder Cross Country Fest.

Sophomore Joseph Esco was the second Hurricane across the line, placing 21st in 33:46.5, while senior Trey Reid followed in 22nd with a time of 34:01.5. Sophomore Michael Korfhage finished 24th in 38:12.8.

Junior CJ Johnson rounded out GSW's scoring five in 25th with a time of 42:23.6 in his Canes debut, while junior Gerona Williams finished 26th in 50:45.3.

The Hurricanes totaled 80 points to finish third. Georgia College captured the team title with 24 points, followed by USC Aiken with 38. USC Aiken's Daniel Kiprono topped the 26-runner field with a time of 27:24.5.

On the women's side, Solan led the Lady Hurricanes for the third consecutive meet with a 24th-place finish. She completed the 5K course in 23:47.4, just 1.9 seconds off the 23:45.5 she ran at the season-opening VSU Border Clash.

Junior Sonja Bernacki was GSW's second finisher, placing 35th in 27:21.3. Freshman Ashley Narvaez followed in 37th with a time of 28:31.3 in her collegiate debut, while sophomore Crystal Lance finished 40th in 29:45.1. Freshman Molly Flynn rounded out the scoring five in 41st at 32:32.5.

Georgia Southwestern finished fifth with 148 points and a combined time of 2:21:57. North Georgia won the women's team title with 37 points, edging USC Aiken by three points. Georgia College finished third with 47, followed by Middle Georgia State with 120.

North Georgia's Allie Wardle topped the 41-runner field with a time of 19:35.3.

Men's 8K Team Results

GSW Men's Finishers

Women's 5K Team Results

GSW Women's Finishers