Cross Country | 11/1/2014 8:39:00 PM

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Methodist men's and women's cross country teams took part in the USA South Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon. The men's team finished in fourth place out of six teams, while the women's team took sixth place in the nine-team field.
 
Covenant won the men's championship with 25 total points, followed by Piedmont (41), Maryville (74), Methodist (105), Averett (131) and LaGrange (135). On the women's side, Meredith took home the championship with 39 points, followed by Covenant (42), Maryville (103), Mary Baldwin (114), Piedmont (128), Methodist (182), Averett (187), LaGrange (187), and N.C. Wesleyan (246).
 
Individual winners were Graham Massot of Covenant for the men (27:03.31) and Emily Guillaume of Maryville for the women (24:08.23).
 
For the Methodist men, Paul Brown earned second team all-conference honors with a 14th place finish. He covered the 8k course in 29:48.00. Luke Ryan was next over the line for MU, finishing in 21st place with a time of 31:41.79.
 
Daniel Castano took 24th with a time of 32:01.91 and Noah Miller (32:15.470 and David Pittard (32:16.13) took 26th and 27th place, respectively. Rounding out the MU competitors were Donte Smith (31st; 33.37.27), Sebastian Mendoza (34th; 34:00.00) and Trevor Thompson (38th; 35:18.48)
 
Kayla Beavers was the top Methodist female competitor, placing 27th with a time of 27:55.19. Katharine Flournoy placed 41st with a time of 29:29.07, and Bianca Smith-Paez was 46th in 30:16.34.
 
Kristin Fletcher recorded a time of 31:18.34 to place 53rd, and Katrin Halldorsdottir capped the Methodsit contingent with a 70th-place finish in 34:43.75.