Complete Results

The High Point University women's cross country team finished 21st at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, N.C. Senior Kelsey Hunt was HPU's top finisher in 69th.

"Our top four runners were within their parameters, but we fell short of where we wanted to be as a team," said head coach Jenna Wrieden. "Kelsey Hunt has done everything she could to run well this season. We'll miss her leadership next fall but the good thing is we return everyone else and we're going to keep going in the right direction."

Hunt ran strong throughout the race to finish the 6,000-meter race in 22:02.77. She improved over 30 spots from her 103rd place finish at last year's regional in Louisville, Ky., and improved her 6K career best by 25 seconds. Junior Kayleigh Perry was in the same group throughout the race, finishing just five spots behind Hunt in 74th. Her time of 22:07.79 was just off her career best of 21:54.6 from last season.

Sophomore Lauren Blackwell was the third finisher for High Point, placing 132nd in 22:52.76. Junior Colleen Hollowood placed 150th in 23:08.25 and junior Audrey Malloy placed 157th in 23:15.64.

Duke won the meet with William & Mary and N.C. State taking second and third, respectively. Kentucky's Cally Macumber won the race. Liberty was the top Big South team in 15th followed by the Panthers (21st) and Coastal Carolina (22nd). Winthrop placed 26th followed by local rival UNC Greensboro in 27th.

The meet concluded the cross country season for the Panthers. High Point begins the indoor track & field season with a pair of meets on Nov. 30-Dec. 1. HPU will send athletes to the Liberty Kickoff Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Lynchburg, Va., as well as the JDL Kickoff Classic in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Dec. 1.