LAKEWOOD, N.J. (Nov. 18, 2022) - Georgian Court Cross Country races for the first time in almost three full weeks this weekend when they compete in the NCAA Division II East Region Championship.

When
Saturday, Nov. 19
Men's Race - 12 p.m.
Women's Race - 1:15 p.m.

Where
Bethpage, N.Y. - Bethpage Polo in the Park

Distance
Men - 10K
Women - 6K

Last Time Out
• When they last raced Oct. 30, Georgian Court's men won their first ever CACC Conference Championship. They scored 59 points as a team, besting Jefferson by just six points.
• Three made the All-CACC Team. Kyle Spector and Xavier Seals finished fourth and seventh to make the first team and Alec Valle placed 10th to make the second team.
• All five Lions who scored finished in the top-20 with Will Spector and Kevin Knoetig placing 18th and 20th.
• The Lion women finished sixth out of 11 teams. Amirah Beasley placed in the top-20 and freshman Brenna Sullivan was two spots behind her in 22nd place. 

Last Year's East Region Championship
• At last year's regional championship, the Lion men placed 16th out of 21 teams. The East Region is comprised of teams from the CACC, Northeast-10 and East Coast Conference.
• American International was the team champion on both the men's and women's side. They scored 25 team points on the men's side with all five finishing in the top-10. The women's race was closer as they scored 42, winning by 12 over Stonehill. 

Lions at the 2021 East Region Championship
• Kyle Spector was 61st overall running 34:42.7 and Riley Keffer was 109th in 36:43.5.
• The Lion women raced three at regionals last year. Amirah Beasley was the top finisher in 105th place running the 6K in 26:08.0.

Lions This Season
• Through six races this season, both the men's and women's top finishers have been consistent with some jumbling in the middle.
• Kyle Spector has been the Lions top finisher in each race and twice has been the CACC Runner of the Week. Spector also won the Goldey-Beacom Fall Classic and has two top-five finishes this year. 
• Behind Spector has been Alec Valle. The transfer is in his first year with the program and has been the Lions number two runner in four of six races. He has three finishes in the top-10.
• Last year's CACC champion, Xavier Seals, made his season debut Sept. 30 and has run just three races, but took seventh at the CACC Championship.
• Will Spector hasn't raced in all six races this season, but when he has, he's been in the Lions top five each time. 
• Joseph Jamolawicz and Riley Keffer have each been in the Lions top-five in multiple races. Keffer was fifth most recently at Rowan and Jamolawicz has a sixth overall finish at Goldey-Beacom.
• For the women, Amirah Beasley has raced five times and led the Lions in four of those races. 
• Freshman Brenna Sullivan has been coming on strong of late. She led the Lions both at Goldey-Beacom and Paul Short and has been a CACC Rookie of the Week honoree.
• When healthy, Ashlee Pataky has consistently been the Lions number three runner. She's only raced four times this season and just twice since early September.

Regional Rankings
• The Georgian Court men are back in the USTFCCCA East Region rankings for the pre-regional rankings.
• This is the third time the Lions have been in the top-10 in eight weeks. 
• They rank seventh which is their highest this season.
• GCU is the top CACC team with only Jefferson from the league also in the top-10 at 10th.
• Southern Connecticut is ranked first after winning the Northeast-10, with fellow NE10 member Franklin Pierce behind them.
• Roberts Wesleyan of the ECC ranks third and last year's championship American International rank fourth. 

About the Course
• The course is fast and flat with part on grass and part in trails.
• The start and finish will run the perimeter of the grass polo field.
• The middle of the race will see the competitors in the wooded trails on dirt.