Friday, October 2
Douglasville, GA
8K | 7:30 AM
Jax State
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Georgia Tech Invitational
Gamecocks Travel East for Georgia Tech Invitational
10/1/2026 3:16:00 PM | Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Jax State Cross Country team kicks off the month of October by traveling to Douglasville, Ga. at the Foxhall Sporting Club for the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday morning. The men's 8k will kick off the morning slate at 7:30 a.m., followed by the women's 6k at 8:20 a.m.
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The Gamecocks will be sending a partial team on the men's side and three individual competitors from the women's team. In Douglasville, a pair of athletes will be making their season debut on Friday, with freshman Paul Dumont on the men's team and Wiam Ghanemi on the women's team.
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Jax State enters Friday's competition well rested after being off last week. Prior to the break, the Gamecocks put together a strong showing at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville, Ala., with the men's team finishing sixth of 29 schools and the women's unit placing seventh of 31 programs.
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At Southern Showcase, freshman runner Shadrack Kipkurgat set a new school record for the men's 8k with a time of 23:32.0 and went on to win Conference USA Freshman of the Week for his performance. Including Kipkurgat, the Gamecocks swept all four CUSA weekly awards, including Men's Athlete of the Week (Linus Chepkochei), Women's Athlete of the Week (Viola Jepleting) and Women's Freshman of the Week (Mercy Sergon).
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Additionally, Jax State comes into the weekend amongst the top-15 programs in the USTFCCCA DI South Region Poll with the men's squad ranked No. 11 and the women's team ranked No. 14.
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Following the short trip over the state line, the Gamecocks will head south on Oct. 9 for the FSU Invitational in Tallahassee Fla.
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The Gamecocks will be sending a partial team on the men's side and three individual competitors from the women's team. In Douglasville, a pair of athletes will be making their season debut on Friday, with freshman Paul Dumont on the men's team and Wiam Ghanemi on the women's team.
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Jax State enters Friday's competition well rested after being off last week. Prior to the break, the Gamecocks put together a strong showing at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville, Ala., with the men's team finishing sixth of 29 schools and the women's unit placing seventh of 31 programs.
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At Southern Showcase, freshman runner Shadrack Kipkurgat set a new school record for the men's 8k with a time of 23:32.0 and went on to win Conference USA Freshman of the Week for his performance. Including Kipkurgat, the Gamecocks swept all four CUSA weekly awards, including Men's Athlete of the Week (Linus Chepkochei), Women's Athlete of the Week (Viola Jepleting) and Women's Freshman of the Week (Mercy Sergon).
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Additionally, Jax State comes into the weekend amongst the top-15 programs in the USTFCCCA DI South Region Poll with the men's squad ranked No. 11 and the women's team ranked No. 14.
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Following the short trip over the state line, the Gamecocks will head south on Oct. 9 for the FSU Invitational in Tallahassee Fla.
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