Zoe Capps Earns All-Conference Second Team; Tornados Finish Fourth at USA South Conference Championships

Zoe Capps Earns All-Conference Second Team; Tornados Finish Fourth at USA South Conference Championships

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – The Brevard College women's cross country team finished in fourth place, as junior Zoe Capps led the Tornados with a 10th-place individual finish, earning All-Conference Second Team honors at the 2022 USA South Women's Cross Country Championship in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on the campus of NC Wesleyan University.

Capps, a junior from Hendersonville, North Carolina, earned the top-10 finish with a time of 24:37.4 in the six-kilometer race to lead the way for Brevard, securing the first All-Conference award of her Tornado career. In addition to her All-Conference finish, Capps was also named to the USA South All-Sportsmanship Team.

Sophomores Sandra Diaz-Martinez (22nd, 26:42) and Haylea-Layne Miller (26th, 27:49.6) earned top-30 results for BC, while freshman Paige Kneubuhler (46th, 34:10.5) and sophomore Hannah Hersh (48th, 36:13.7) – two dual-sport athletes at BC – rounded out the field for the Tornados.

Tornados at 2022 USA South Women's Cross Country Championships

10. Zoe Capps - 24:37.4 (All-Conference Second Team)

22. Sandra Diaz-Martinez - 26:42.0

26. Haylea-Layne Miller - 27:49.6

46. Paige Kneubuhler - 34:10.5

48. Hannah Hersh - 36:13.7

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