ST. LEO, Fla. | The 2016 NCAA Cross Country South Region Championships were held on Saturday morning in the Sunshine State, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville came away with a fourth-place standing for the men and a seventh-place finish for the women.
 
Sophomore Brydon Groves-Scott led the way for the Chargers with the sixth-fastest performance in a 10k race in program history, as he posted a time of 32:20.9 for eighth place at the South Regional.
 
Benjamin Knox followed Groves-Scott on Saturday morning in 22nd place at 33:11.4, preceding both Anthony Wells in 33rd at 33:40.6 and Corey Lewenkamp in 34th at 33:42.2 to round out the Chargers in the top 40. Both Groves-Scott and Knox earned All-South Region honors for finishing in the top 25 of the field.
 
In the women's 6k race, Angel Sillivant paced the Blue & White with a personal-best time of 23:27.81 in 18th, and was quickly followed by Stacy Solomon in 22nd at 23:36.61. Sillivant and Solomon both earned All-South Region for their top-25 performances. 
 
The Charger women also had Marlee Mason (58th, 24:43.56), Auburn Cohan (67th, 25:01.92), Allison Ammons (69th, 25:04.33), Lauren Allred (70th, 25:04.68) and Vanessa Cardwell (74th, 25:13.38) competing at the South Regional.
 
Also competing for the UAH men at the NCAA South Regional included Alex Gilliland (49th, 34:13.5), Tripp Maloy (62nd, 34:52.8) and Carson Tullo (71st, 35:11.2).
 
In the final team standings, Lee finished atop the men's competition while Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras won the women's race.