GREENSBORO, N.C. –  The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's cross country team will compete at the 40^th Annual Winthrop/Adidas Invitational hosted by the Eagles in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Saturday, September 29.  

This meet is hosted by Winthrop University at Winthrop Farm. The women's five-kilometer race will begin at 9:45 a.m.

TEAMS COMPETING
Catawba, Elon, Gardner-Webb, NC Central, SC State, UNC Asheville, UNCG (women) Winthrop, Wofford

PROVE THEM WRONG

• The women's squad tallied 34 points and was voted to finish eighth.
• Furman University was selected to take home its 11th-straight titles on both the men's and women's sides.

ROSTER

• The women are returning 10 from last year's squad, while adding one newcomer to the roster.

LAST YEAR FOR THE WOMEN

• The women saw its best mark at The Firetower Project with a seventh-place finish.
• The squad finished eighth at the SoCon Championship.
• The women placed 29th at the NCAA Southeast Regional and senior Jenna Reiter led the squad in her second NCAA appearance.

 LAST TIME OUT FOR THE WOMEN

• The women placed third out of 12 teams in the five-kilometer race at the Queen City Invite at McAlpine Creek Park, hosted by Queens (CLT).
• Reiter paced the Spartans with a sixth-place finish and a time of 18:30.4, while sophomore Victoria Sosa was eighth with her time of 18:32.6. Both were the two Spartans who earned top-10 marks.
• Junior Camille Carlson was the next Blue & Gold across the finish line, placing 22nd with a time of 19:09.2. Senior Shay Soukup followed in 25^th place with a time of 19:28.9.
• Freshman Tenley Douglass competed in her first collegiate race, taking home 36^th.