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Four Bobcat runners earn MEC All-Conference honors at X-C Championship; UC claims men’s title

Charleston swept the top four spots, won the 2025 MEC men’s cross country title, earned multiple All‑MEC honors, Hugo Hewitt was Runner of the Year, Harry Witt Freshman of the Year, and Nick Bias Coach of the Year.

WHEELING — The first four individual finishers who crossed the finish line at the 2025 MEC Men’s Cross Country Championships were from the University of Charleston, which captured the team title Saturday on the Crispin Course at Oglebay Resort.

Hugo Hewitt paced the UC runners, beating teammate Thomas Crockett by seven seconds to claim the individual title in the 8K race. Hewitt, a senior from England, was named the MEC Run

ner of the Year in a vote of league head coaches.

The Golden Eagles’ Harry Witt finished third, which clinched the MEC Freshman of the Year award for him as the top first-year competitor. UC’s Jules Geffroy-Remot finished fourth.

Charleston defeated Davis & Elkins, the defending men’s team champion. The Senators put together an impressive performance, with Cooper Gibson (fifth), Christopher Lucas (seventh), and Jordan Thomas (eighth) all finishing in the top 10.

Concord’s Braden Ward placed sixth, West Virginia Wesleyan’s Kent Niland finished ninth, and Glenville State’s Nick Pitchford rounded out the top 10. All-MEC honors go to the top 10 finishers, and Nos. 11 through 20 are honored with second team recognition.

UC’s Nick Bias was named the MEC Coach of the Year.

First Team All-MEC
Hugo Hewitt, Charleston
Thomas Crockett, Charleston
Harry Witt, Charleston
Jules Geffroy-Remot, Charleston
Cooper Gibson, Davis & Elkins
Braden Ward, Concord
Christopher Lucas, Davis & Elkins
Jordan Thomas, Davis & Elkins
Kent Niland, West Virginia Wesleyan
Nick Pitchford, Glenville State

Second Team All-MEC
Konnor Allison, Davis & Elkins
Jonathan Norton, West Virginia Wesleyan
Patrick Reilly, Glenville State
Gage Osborne, Frostburg State
Anthony Sanders, West Virginia Wesleyan
Jacob Dowdy, Davis & Elkins
Caleb Gilbert, Charleston
Tommy Bildheiser, Davis & Elkins
Robert Allen, West Liberty
Erik Nygaard, West Virginia Wesleyan

Runner of the Year: Hugo Hewitt, Charleston
Freshman of the Year: Harry Witt, Charleston
Coach of the Year: Nick Bias, Charleston

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