NEW ORLEANS – The Arkansas State men’s and women’s cross country teams have been predicted to win the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships, as determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Sun Belt on Wednesday released its 2021 Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Polls.

The Arkansas State and App State men both earned 91 points, but the Red Wolves received four first-place votes. The Mountaineers and South Alabama garnered three first-place votes apiece.  App State has won two of the last four Sun Belt Men’s Cross Country Championships – most recently in 2019 – while South Alabama captured last season’s league title.

The Arkansas State women accumulated 139 points and seven first-place votes. App State picked up five first-place votes. Arkansas State has won the last two Sun Belt Women’s Cross Country Championships.

The 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championships are set for Friday, October 29, at Brookley by the Bay in Mobile, Ala., hosted by the University of South Alabama.

2021 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
T1. Arkansas State (4) – 91
T1. App State (3) – 91
3. South Alabama (3) – 88
4. UTA – 68
5. Texas State – 58
6. Little Rock – 43
7. Louisiana – 41
8. Coastal Carolina – 29
9. Troy – 25
10. ULM – 16

2021 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll 
1. Arkansas State (7) – 139
2. App State (5) – 136
3. South Alabama – 115
4. Troy – 98
5. UTA – 90
6. Texas State – 74
7. Coastal Carolina – 69
8. Little Rock – 56
9. Georgia Southern – 42
10. ULM – 41
11. Georgia State – 39
12. Louisiana – 37

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ST. LOUIS – Competing for the final time this morning, Central Baptist College men’s and women’s cross country ran in the American Midwest Conference Championships at Francis Park. The men’s team finished in sixth place with a score of 132 while the women tied for fifth with a 142.

A pair of soccer players were the top individual finishers in each gender. Jesus Avila was the best men’s finisher, placing 19th with a time of 30:31.92. Cade Griffith (JR/Conway, Ark.) followed with a 32:28.68, then it was Isaias Garcia, a soccer player, who posted a time of 33:27.25. The final three for the Mustangs were Shannon Zamora (JR/Lubbock, Texas), Robert Colvin (SO/Jacksonville, Ark.) and another soccer player, Gerardo Zuniga.

On the women’s side, Bayleigh Williams paced the team, finishing 20th with a time of 22:28.53. Ally Swaim (JR/Vilonia, Ark.) was next at 23:38.94 and Williams’ soccer teammates, Jayme Selph and Cayla Lee, were next, posting times of 24:19.37 and 25:07.96, respectively. The final two women’s finishers were soccer player Erica Hawkins and Courtney Rife (JR/Fowlerville, Mich.).

That wraps up the 2020 season for cross country. For recruiting news and fall academic award information, be sure to like and follow @gocbcmustangs on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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