Charleston Southern Wins 2025 Big South Men's Cross Country Championship
FARMVILLE, Va. (www.BigSouthSports.com) –
Charleston Southern had five of the top eight finishers to win its sixth consecutive Big South Men’s Cross Country Championship Friday morning on the campus of Longwood University. The Buccaneers finished with 21 team points, tied for the third-best team score in Championship history.
CSU’s
Caleb Kenyon crossed the finish line in 24:55.6 to win by 4.4 seconds over teammate
Hayden Goode (25:01.00), followed by the Bucs’
Micah Gilpatric in third-place at 25:01.03. Kenyon is Charleston Southern’s first individual champion since Gilpatric won back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023. Gilpatric’s effort secured his fifth career All-Conference honor, becoming just the second men’s cross country runner with this distinction in Big South annals.
High Point finished second with 45 points in the team standings, as
Avery Crowell (25:02.3) and
Gavin Stevens (25:04.2) paced the Panthers with fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively. Radford’s
Charlie Dance (25:07.7) was sixth, and CSU’s
Martin Iriondo (seventh, 25:09.0) rounded out the top seven finishers for First-Team All-Big South honors.
High Point’s
Max Bonilla received Freshman of the Year honors for his 10th-place performance in the meet, while USC Upstate’s Joshua Gillis was recognized as the Big South Newcomer of the Year. Upstate’s fourth-place team finish was its best-ever conference standing since joining the Big South in 2018.
Following the race, Charleston Southern head coach
Jim Stintzi was voted the Big South Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year for the sixth time in eight years, while Radford’s
Hayat Khan was voted the Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league’s sports information directors. The final team results and standings along with this year’s honorees are listed below.
Final Team Results
1 – Charleston Southern (21)
2 – High Point (45)
3 – UNC Asheville (87)
4 – USC Upstate (115)
5 – Radford (126)
6 – Longwood (155)
7 – Winthrop (215)
8 – Presbyterian (234)
9 – Gardner-Webb (265)
Individual Champion
Caleb Kenyon, Charleston Southern
Freshman of the Year
Max Bonilla, High Point
Newcomer of the Year
Joshua Gillis, USC Upstate
Coach of the Year
Jim Stintzi, Charleston Southern
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Hayat Khan, Radford, Sr.
All-Conference (Top 14 Finishers)
First-Team
Caleb Kenyon, Charleston Southern
Hayden Goode, Charleston Southern
Micah Gilpatric, Charleston Southern
Avery Crowell, High Point
Gavin Stevens, High Point
Charlie Dance, Radford
Martin Iriondo, Charleston Southern
Second-Team
Zach Mickler, Charleston Southern
Jan Malek, UNC Asheville
Max Bonilla, High Point
Sam Shimanskiy, USC Upstate
Ari Snyder, High Point
Griffin Gillespie, Charleston Southern
Simon Treizenberg, High Point
All-Academic Team
Caleb Kenyon, Charleston Southern, Sr.
Michael Fletcher, Gardner-Webb, Soph.
Gavin Stevens, High Point, Jr.
Clinton Clancy, Longwood, Jr.
Noah Kaufman, Presbyterian, Jr.
Hayat Khan, Radford, Sr.
Quinn Jacquez, UNC Asheville, Sr.
Sam Shimanskiy, USC Upstate, Gr.
Jason Krell, Winthrop, Gr.