Final Results | Championship Central
MOBILE, Ala. - The UTA mavericks claimed the 2018 Sun Belt Men's Cross Country Championship on Saturday in Mobile, Ala., scoring 66 points to take the team title. It was the fourth men's cross country title for UTA since joining the league.
Coastal Carolina's Nadeel Wildschutt successfully defended his individual title in 2018 as the sophomore edged out runner-up and his brother, Adriaan Wildschutt, by under a second, with a time of 24:05.71. Nadeel Wildschutt becomes the first back-to-back winner in the event since 2007 (South Alabama's Vincent Rono).
Nadeel Wildschutt was named the Men's Runner of the Year while his brother, Adriaan, earned both Freshman and Newcomer of the Year honors. Nadeel won both of those a freshman in 2017, in addition to the individual title.
UTA's John Sauerhage was named Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year after guiding UTA to the title. UTA has not finished lower than third as a team since 2013 at the Cross Country Championships.
UTA's Michael Guerrero and Justin Domangue paced the Mavericks who had three of its top five finishers inside the top ten, with just four hundredths of a second separating Guerrero and Domangue.
Texas State's Joseph Meade was fifth overall.
Appalachian State was second overall as a team with 76 points. Troy was third with 90 points, marking the highest ever finish for the Trojans at the men's championship. Coastal Carolina was fourth with 92 points and Texas State was fifth with 104 points.
First Team All-Sun Belt
Nadeel Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
Adriaan Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
Michael Guerrero, UTA
Justin Domangue, UTA
Joseph Meade, Texas State
Second Team All-Sun Belt
Warno Potgieter, South Alabama
Hutson Baumann, Coastal Carolina
Hannes Burger, Louisiana
Dakota Mendenhall, Appalachian State
Jared Lautenslager, UTA
Third Team All-Sun Belt
Gable Dershem, Appalachian State
Elisa Keter, ULM
Dereck Elkins, Texas State
Brennan Garriques, Troy
Sawyer Sprung, Troy
Sun Belt Runner of the Year
Nadeel Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
Adriaan Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
Adriaan Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt Coach of the Year
John Sauerhage, UTA