Results
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Augusta University men's cross country team finished first in both of its races at the Queens Royals Invitational on Friday evening on the 8-kilometer McAlpine Freedom Park Course. 

In the 8K Gold race, Augusta had four top-15 finishers, led by Patrick Motes with a time of 24:49.6 to earn 9^th place. Kai Brickey followed in 12^th (24:55.7), Hans Troyer in 14^th (24:58.6), and Avery Jaynes in 15th (25:01.6). Thomas Rischar finished 24^th (25:14.4), Andrew Todd 31^st (25:27.8), and Carlos Rodriguez 38^th (25:53.4)
 
"I was really pleased with how well both teams moved up in the second half of the race", said head coach Jacob Burgamy. We still have some things to work on in terms of being a little more aggressive, but I think this was a huge step forward from how we raced at Virginia Tech for both teams."

Augusta took home a first-place finish among the 28 teams in attendance, totaling 74 points.

In the 8k Blue Race, Augusta was dominant, carding 78 points and finishing a full 72 points ahead of the second-place Rio Grande.

Nasrudin Mohamed carded a 7^th place finish (26:35.4) while Matthew Moore (26:50.3) and Kaleb Ellis (26:57.4) finished 12^th and 16th respectively. Andrew Helfers finished 19^th (27:13.5) and Benjamin Roberts finished 24^th (27:22.2). Shahzeb Rashid (27:21.9) and Amir Dayal (27:52.6) rounded out the Augusta squad in 29^th and 38^th place.
 
 
Team Results:
Men 8k Gold
Pl                     Team               Pts                 
1                      Augusta          74                   
2                      Milligan           94                   
3                      UNCG              100                 
4                      Concord          104                 
5                      Fla Southern   128                 
6                      Emmanuel      183                 
7                      Anderson        186                 
8                      Catawba          205                 
9                      Queens            226                 
10                    Charlotte         336                 
 
Men 8k Blue
Pl                     Team               Pts                 
1                      Augusta          78                   
2                      Rio Grande      150                 
3                      Mount Olive    153                 
4                      Florida College183                
5                      Limestone      186                 
6                      Converse        188                 
7                      Asbury             199                 
8                      Brevard            207                 
9                      Ave Maria        218                 
10                    UNC-Greensboro        232                 
 
 Jaguar Men's Cross Country is back on the road Friday Oct 14th at the Bulldog Stampede hosted by Wingate.
                               
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