Akers became the first Lady Choctaw cross country runner to earn All-Gulf South Conference honors and the first to claim all-conference laurels since Jennifer Cooper finished third at the American Southwest Conference Championships in 2012. The Daphne, Ala, native posted a collegiate best, 5K time of 19:07.0 to finished 11th at the GSC Championships, which earned her Second Team All-GSC.
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The MC cross country teams qualified for NCAA Division II South Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 5 in St. Leo, Fla.