UNCG Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Competes at adidas XC Challenge
CARY, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men’s and women’s cross country teams kicked off their schedule with the adidas XC Challenge at WakeMed Soccer Field on Friday evening.
The Spartan men finished ninth out of 14 teams totaling 238 points in the six-kilometer race. Liberty took home the team title for the men with 46 points. The Spartan women placed 10th overall with 314 points in their five-kilometer run, while host NC State won the team title with 34 points.
MEN
Senior Colin Keck paced the way for the men crossing the finish line with a time of 18:54.7 placing 44th out of 168 competitors. Sophomore Khalid Abdullahi was the next Blue & Gold across the finish line, clocking in a time of 19:14.0 and finishing in 58th place.
Freshman Logan Ruffner, in his first-collegiate race, took home 69th place with a time of 19:22.2. Senior Ethan Long wasn’t far behind, earning 73rd place with a time of 19:24.6. Junior Luke Ward (77th place) and freshman Pierson Guerrant (80th place), in his first collegiate race, clocked in times of 19:29.6 and 19:31.2, respectively.
Sophomores Tyler Niloff and James Harrelson both competed in their first race with the Blue & Gold.
WOMEN
Junior Vicky Sosa led the way for the Spartans finishing in 64th place out of 163 competitors. Sosa clocked in a time of 18:45.5. Sophomore Tenley Douglass was the next across the finish line for the Blue & Gold, placing 89th overall with a time of 19:23.0.
Senior Camille Carlson ran the race with a time of 19:30.9 finishing in 96th place. Freshman Lillian Douglass, in her first collegiate race, was the fourth Spartan to cross the finish line, placing 108th overall with a time of 19:54.7.
Freshmen Dahlia Lind, Hailey Meyers, and Blair Taylor both competed in their first-collegiate race.
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UP NEXT
The Spartans will take some time off before competing in the Pirate Cross Country Invitational on Friday, Oct. 4 in Greenville, North Carolina, at Overton’s Lake Kristi.
Courtesy of Denise Archetto
Assistant Athletic Director For Strategic Communications
UNC Greensboro