SEASON RECAP: 2022 Cross Country

• The Piedmont University cross country team wrapped up a historic year for the program that ended in a CCS Championship on the Women's side and multiple brilliant individual performances for the team.
• On the women's side, Senior Jaycie Ponce had a historic season, propelling the team to a CCS title while also earning herself the individual title and qualifying her for the NCAA Championships.
• Lions men's runner Layton Bradford's performance at the NCAA South Region earned him All-Region honors and helped the team finish 9th in the event.

• Senior Jaycie Ponce brought home the individual title with a 22:55 and assisted the team in taking first place overall. The historic time for Ponce moved her to second fastest in program, just 2 second behind former Lady Lion Val Angel.
• Anna Gibson posted a top 5 finish and a PR with a time of 25:04.5.
• Turning in a time of 25:10.7, Skyler Seeber finished in the top 5 with a PR of her own.
• Rounding out the top 10 finishes for the Lady Lions, LeeAnn Lawrence came in 9th place with a PR time of 25:38.8.

• On the heels of a Layton Bradford, the team finished behind Berea College by just 9 points.
• Bradford turned in a time of 26:50.7, being the one of 10 Lion runners to finish in the top 20.
• Teammates Darius Smith, Jacob Ballot and Tucker Cox all finished in the top 10.

• Layton Bradford earned all-region honors finishing 32nd overall with a time of 27:13.5.
• The Lions narrowly missed program history, finishing 12th overall as a team and just a few slots away from a program best.

• On the heels of Jaycie Ponce's 15th place finish individually, the team posted a new program best finish at the NCAA South Region.
• An overall finish of 9th place for the Lady Lions is now a program record.
• Ponce turned in a time of 24:08.0, earning herself all-region honors and a trip to the NCAA Championship

• In the brutal cold of Lansing Michigan, Jaycie Ponce competed at the NCAA Division III Championship.
• She became just the second runner in school history to compete in the NCAA Championship.
• Ponce placed 280th out of 292 runners.

Piedmont saw eight different runners awarded all-conference honors for the 2022 season.

Men's Runners:

• Layton Bradford - Second Team All-Conference
• Darius Smith - Second Team All-Conference
• Jacob Balot - Second Team All-Conference
• Tucker Cox - Second Team All-Conference

Women's Runners:

• Jaycie Ponce - First Team All-Conference
• Anna Gibson - First Team All-Conference
• Skyler Seeber - First Team All-Conference
• LeeAnn Lawrence - Second Team All-Conference

• Head coach Jamie Jimison was awarded the CCS 2022 Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year honor. 
• Jimison, in his fourth year at Piedmont, has set the standard high as he was previously awarded the 2021 USA South Track & Field Coach of the Year.