FOLEY, Ala. – The Arkansas State men won the 2022 Sun Belt Men's Cross Country Championship on Friday at Graham Creek Nature Preserve in Foley. It marked the second consecutive year the Red Wolves' earned the Sun Belt Conference Title.
South Alabama’s Kirami Yego claimed back-to-back men’s individual 8K titles with a time of 22:55.9. Yego is a third-year runner for the Jaguars who was a five-time Sun Belt Cross Country Runner of the Week in 2021-22. Yego broke the previous record that was held by Nicholas Aliwell from Western Kentucky that was set in 1996 at 23:25.48
The Arkansas State men repeated as team champions for their second title in program history. The Red Wolves scored 32 points, while App State was second with 46 and South Alabama was third with 58. Marshall (97) and Louisiana (139) also finished in the top-five.
2022 Sun Belt Cross Country Championships
2022 Men’s Cross Country Championship Team Results
1. Arkansas State – 32
2. App State – 46
3. South Alabama - 58
4. Marshall – 97
5. Louisiana – 139
6. ULM – 190
7. Coastal Carolina – 210
8. Troy – 217
9. Texas State - 229
2022 Men’s Cross Country Championship Top-Five Individuals (8K)
1. Kirami Yego, South Alabama (22:55.9) *New Sun Belt Meet Record
2. Teagan Flanagan, South Alabama (23:38.1)
3. Grayson Young, Arkansas State (24:21.1)
4. Dawson Mayberry, Arkansas State (24:25.5)
5. Oliver Wilson-Cook, App State (24:28.2)
2022 Sun Belt Men’s Runner of the Year: Kirami Yego, South Alabama
2022 Sun Belt Men's Freshman of the Year: Nati Enright, Arkansas State
2022 Men’s First-Team All-Conference
Kirami Yego, South Alabama
Teagan Flanagan, South Alabama
Grayson Young, Arkansas State
Dawson Mayberry, Arkansas State
Oliver Wilson-Cook, App State
2022 Men’s Second-Team All-Conference
Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State
Nati Enright, Arkansas State
Ryan Brown, App State
Garrett Bivens, App State
Chase Burrell, App State
2022 Men’s Third-Team All-Conference
Evan White, Marshall
Rylan Brown, Arkansas State
Nathan Herbst, Arkansas State
Ryan Teuscher, App State
Ethan Mychajlonka, Arkansas State