TALLAHASSSEE, Fla. – Top three finishes from Jayden-Santos Gonzalez and Andrew Kiplagat helped earn the Wildcats place third in the SWAC Cross Country Championships at Apalachee Regional Park.

Santos-Gonzalez capped his outstanding first season with the Wildcats with a runner-up finish in Tallahassee. The junior crossed the finish line in 25:12.2, finishing just three seconds behind the individual champion.

Kiplagat followed closely behind, finishing third with a time of 25:17.0. It marked the second consecutive season that Bethune-Cookman produced two top-three individual finishers.

Victor Chebii paced the Wildcats just outside the top 10, finishing 11th in 26:32.3, while Majet Bethely and Gerrard Griffin finished 23rd and 24th, respectively, with just five seconds separating the two runners.

Dhason Gill (28:32.1), Jonathan Hall (28:40.9) and Jalen Jackson (29:06.2) rounded out the men's lineup.

On the women's side, Bethune-Cookman matched its seventh-place finish from a season ago, led by Lisel Ndlovu's top-10 performance. The sophomore finished eighth with a time of 18:51.9.

Senior Valencia Butler crossed the finish line in 19:46.6 to place 19th, while Shelvany Goin narrowly missed a top-25 finish, placing 27th in 20:32.1.

Kimore Sims (22:38.4), London Dawkins (23:15.0) and Kavay Johnson (28:06.6) also competed for B-CU.

 
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