Cross Country Set to Run in Peach Belt Championship

10/20/2017 | Women’s Cross Country

FORT BENNING, Ga. – After an undefeated regular season, the University of North Georgia cross country team will travel to Fort Benning, Georgia, for a second time this season to compete in the Peach Belt Conference Championship Saturday morning.

This will be the Peach Belt Conference’s 27th Cross Country Championships, and Columbus State University will host the event for the first time since 2006 and the third overall. The championship will be contested over a 5k course, the first time the PBC has held a 5k in the championship since 2008.

The Nighthawks have won all four races this season, including the Cougar Invitational on the same course last month. Brittany Truitt has the opportunity to become the 11th women’s cross country runner in PBC history to be named a four-time All-Conference honoree. She has the fastest time in the conference this season at 17:55 and has not finished lower than third individually all season.

North Georgia will also look to make program history as the first cross country team to bring home a championship after finishing runner-up the past three years.

The race will start at 9:00 a.m. Admittance to the race is free, but those wishing to attend need to allow time to pass through security at Fort Benning. More information about gaining access to the base, directions and maps can be found here.