COMPLETE RESULTS

The High Point University men's cross country team won the Big South Preview on Saturday led a 2-3 finish from senior Jevin Monds and freshman Patrick Crawford in Blacksburg, Va.

"We were able to execute our plan of a controlled race with a strong finish and it was great to get the team win," said HPU head coach Mike Esposito. "Jevin ran really well, it's like he's a different runner this fall. Patrick and Jacob Roach both ran very well. Neal Darmody has been running really high mileage so we expect him to get a lot faster as he gets more rest in the next few weeks."

High Point University got the team victory with 38 points, outdistancing runner-up VMI's 48. Wintrhop took third with 71 points, UNC Asheville placed fourth with 98, Radford took fifth with 140, Coastal Carolina finished sixth (175), Presbyterian seventh (200) and Gardner-Webb eighth (204).

Winthrop's Adam Freudenthall won the race in 26:09.39. Monds and Crawford both closed very strong over the last mile but couldn't quite close the gap. Monds finished in 26:15.63 and Crawford crossed the line in 26:19.12. After running with Monds and Crawford for a good portion of the race, junior Neal Darmody finished seventh in 27:02.49.

In his first race of the season, sophomore Dakota Peachee placed 12th in 27:27.03. Freshman Jacob Roach closed very well over the last mile and placed 14th in 27:32.98. Sophomore Jacob Smith took 20th in 27:48.98 and freshman John Yankello was right behind in 27:55.38.

Closing it out for the Panthers were Mike Ali in 24th, Mike Feroe in 28th, Jonathan Riley in 42nd, Mike Peavey in 51st and Anthony Kilar in 52nd.

High Point University will compete against national-class competition next weekend when it runs in the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., on Friday. The Panthers will also have runners competing in the Hagan Stone Classic in Greensboro on Saturday.