LAKELAND, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic men's cross country team finished 18^th at the NCAA South Region Championships in Lakeland on Saturday. Embry-Riddle finished first in team scoring followed by Lee University, who had the races top runner. Florida Southern had a third place finish.

Ty Fisher once again finished first for the Sailfish and 71^st overall. Fisher had a time of 34:17 in the 10k race which was an improvement of nearly a minute from last year's NCAA South Region Championships. Joshua Read also saw major improvement from last year's championships finishing about two minutes and 30 seconds quicker than last year. Read finished at the 35:37 mark and placed 99^th.

Freshman Tyler Ketcham was the second Sailfish across the line with a time of 35:27 giving him the 95^th place finish. Jack Blyth finished with a time of 35:42 and placed 103^rd overall and fourth for the 'Fish. Rounding out the finishers for PBA were Paul Breitbach (36:51-119^th) and Cooper LaBrant (37:47- 124^th).

The Sailfish will transition into track competition for the spring. A schedule for the season will be coming in the following weeks.