MACON, Ga. | The Columbus State University Men's Cross Country team opens the postseason Saturday (Nov. 7) at the Peach Belt Conference Cross Country Championship. Middle Georgia State University will host the men's 8K at 9 a.m. ET at the Georgia Premier Cross Country Course. 

The Cougars finished fifth at last year's Peach Belt Championship and opened the 2026 season with a fifth-place finish at the Julius Johnson Invitational in Macon. Freshman Shaun Williams led CSU in the opener before winning back-to-back 8Ks. He ran 27:38.90 at the Willie Laster Invitational, where Columbus State placed five runners in the top six and won the team title with 19 points. Williams followed with a winning time of 27:50.6 at the UNG XC Invitational, helping the Cougars finish second. He also led CSU with a 26:47.00 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, where the team placed 11th. 

Moses Adams finished fourth at Willie Laster and seventh at UNG before running 27:07.46 at Georgia Tech as CSU's second finisher. He led Columbus State in the regular-season finale with a 27:26.5 at the Upstate Invitational, where the Cougars finished 30th. 

James Harrelson placed third at Willie Laster and 11th at UNG. He was the third Cougar across the line at both Georgia Tech and Upstate, running 28:06.87 and 28:19.1, respectively. 

The Cougars return to Macon tomorrow looking to improve on last year's fifth-place finish at the Peach Belt Championship