Cross Country Runs In NCAA Postseason Friday

Friday, November 9

Tallahassee, Fla.

7:30 am

University of Memphis

NCAA South Region Championships (M: 10k/W: 6k)

Paige Sandwell, 2018 Women's Cross Country

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Nov 09, 2018 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

NCAA South Region Championships (Men's Results)NCAA South Region Championships (Women's Results)

Kamph with top-50 finish, men's team places 15th.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – University of Memphis' Matthew Kamph posted a top-50 performance and helped lead the Tigers men's squad to a 15^th-place finish at the 2018 NCAA South Region Championships Friday.

The men's 10k and women's 6k regional races were held at the Apalachee Regional Park, also the site of the NCAA South Region Championships in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

The 15^th-place finish was the Tigers' highest since 2012 when Memphis placed ninth.

Since the NCAA went to a regional format in 1998, Kamph is only the Memphis seventh runner to record a top-50 finish at the NCAA South Region Championships. Kamph placed 43^rd with a 10k time of 32:43.3. The other six Tigers to post top-50 finishes at the regional race in program history were: Christian Schmallegger (33^rd, 1999), Kevin Foltz (41^st, 1999), Stefan Matschiner (24^th, 2000), Adam Didyk (31^st, 2003), James Maglasang (36^th, 2011; 37^th, 2012; 34^th, 2013) and Daniel Kuhman (34^th, 2011; 24^th, 2012; 37^th; 2013).

Senior Matthew Viveiros ran the final race of his college career Friday. He placed 63^rd in a time of 33:10.7.

Memphis' top five runners – who count in the team score – all finished among the top-100 in Friday's regional race. It is only the second time since 1998 that all five Tigers placed in the top-100. Memphis' 2012 squad also had all five runners finish in the top-100.

For all six men's runners, Friday's NCAA South Region Championships was the first 10k race of their collegiate careers. All six also made their NCAA postseason debuts Friday.

On the women's side, junior Paige Sandwell and senior Kristen Adams represented the Tigers. It was Sandwell's third-straight NCAA postseason appearance. Adams ran in her second NCAA postseason and the final race of her collegiate career.

2018 NCAA South Region Championship Results

Memphis Men's Team (10k): 15^th (353 points; top-5 finishers count in team score)

Place	Name	Time
43	Matthew Kamph	32:43.3
63	Matthew Viveiros	33:10.7
80	Zachary Wyatt	33:38.7
81	Payton Gleason	33:39.2
86	Tate Wyatt	33:46.2
128	Jessie Boyett	36:03.0