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Y E A R S

PBC YEARBOOK

Five runners placed in the top-10 to give the Falcons their largest margin of victory in the program ’ s history . Montevallo finished with 30 points while the nearest competitor and host Wingate came in second with 108 points . Today ’ s 78-point margin of victory is the largest in the program ’ s history and surpassed last year ’ s 30-point victory .
With today ’ s victory the Falcons are headed back to Nationals as a team for the third time in five years .
Sophomore Katie Nelson paced the Falcons as she finished the race in third place with a time of 23:17.7 . Nelson finished 52 seconds behind the leader Catie Boyd of Queens ( N . C .) and 32 seconds back of fellow Peach Belt runner Nancy Murgor of Young Harris .
Fellow sophomore Sierra Millsaps finished seven seconds behind Nelson to claim fourth place with a time of 23:24.8 .
A pair of juniors finished in sixth and seventh place with Anna Leinheiser recording a 23:27.7 and Cheyenne Thompson finishing right behind her with a 23:28.9 .
Junior Katherine Terino rounded out the top-10 , finishing with a time of 23:49.1 .
Sophomore Hannah Evans finished in 15th place in the individual standings with a time of 23:55.5 .
Junior Natalie Shoemaker posted a time of 24:48.1 to finish 38th in the individual standings .
Nelson , Millsaps , Thompson , Evans , Terino , and Leinheiser earned All-Region honors following the championship race .
Young Harris freshman Nancy Murgor , who won the Peach Belt Conference title two weeks ago , finished in second place out of the 182 runners with a time of 22:45.1 on the wet , sloppy course that had be inundated with rain over the past week . She was the top harrier not on
All-Conference Team
Nancy Murgor , Young Harris Katie Nelson , Montevallo Hannah Evans , Montevallo Sierra Millsaps , Montevallo Maia Kuhnen , Clayton State Rayna Green , Columbus State Brittany Truitt , North Georgia Katherine Terino , Montevallo Cheyenne Thompson , Montevallo Anna Leinheiser , Montevallo Olivia Rodriguez , Augusta University Lauren Rodriguez , Flagler Jenna Tilton , North Georgia Nicole Smith , Young Harris Lea Tardanico , UNC Pembroke
Elite 15 Presented by GradesFirst Kayla Parsons , Columbus State
Runner of the Year Katie Nelson , Montevallo
PBC Individual Champion Nancy Murgor , Young Harris
Freshman of the Year Nancy Murgor , Young Harris
Coach of the Year Tommy Barksdale , Montevallo
All-Sportsmanship Team Diana Petrmichlova , Augusta Taylor Galvin , Clayton State Kayla Parsons , Columbus State Shelby Garbett , Flagler Gabby Gosnell , Francis Marion Brittney Schwind , Georgia College Ashleigh Owens , Georgia Southwestern Anna Leinheiser , Montevallo Kristin Cain , UNC Pembroke Emily Sims , North Georgia Samantha Lisek , USC Aiken Nicole Smith , Young Harris

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one of the three advancing teams to earn one of the region ’ s individual berths .
Junior Olivia Rodriguez led the Jaguars for the sixth time this season and finished fifth overall to qualify as an individual to the NCAA Championships . In all six meets this year , Rodriguez paced Augusta and

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