GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's and women's cross country teams will split up this weekend. The men will race in the Panorama Farms Invitational, hosted by Virginia, with the eight-kilometer race starting at 10:20 a.m. on Friday. The women will compete in the Upstate Invitational, hosted by USC Upstate, with the five-kilometer race starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
PANORAMA FARMS INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
LIVE RESULTS
MEN'S 8K – 10:20 A.M. (COURSE MAP)
UPSTATE INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
LIVE RESULTS
WOMEN'S 5K – 9:00 A.M. (COURSE MAP)
SPARTANS' LINEUP (MEN – subject to change)
Khalid Abdullahi,
Pierson Guerrant,
Luke Hühn,
Donovan Johnson,
Lane Prochaska,
Logan Ruffner,
Spencer Slayton,
Luke Ward
SPARTANS' LINEUP (WOMEN – subject to change)
Emma Berrier,
Sierra Collins,
Lillian Douglass,
Tenley Douglass,
Sarah Fassinger,
Hailey Meyers,
Camryn Oates,
Erica Rash
ABOUT THE MEN
- The men's team was voted to finish fourth in the 2025 The Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- The men impressed the field during the 2024 SoCon Championships, placing third for its best mark in over 10 years.
- The Spartans then competed in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Southeast Regional Championships, where they finished in 22nd out of 33 teams.
- The men return 12 from last year's roster and have added five newcomers.
- UNCG finished seventh out of 14 teams totaling 216 points in the Spartans' first six-kilometer race of the season at the adidas XC Challenge held at WakeMed Soccer Complex Cross Country Course on Sept. 19.
- Logan Ruffner paced the way for the Spartans, finishing 36th out of 158 competitors with a time of 19:13.1. Lane Prochaska was the next Blue & Gold to cross the finish line taking home 41st overall with a time of 19:17.1.
- Most recently, UNCG won its own Spartan Classic on Oct. 3 out of 12 teams. This is the first team win for the men since Oct. 15, 2021, when the Spartans took home the title at the ECU Pirate Invitational.
- Ruffner (25:40.5) and Hühn, in his first collegiate race (25:43.7), finished first and second, respectively.
ABOUT THE WOMEN
- The women's squad was voted to finish seventh in 2025 SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- At the 2024 SoCon Championships, Vicky Sosa earned a career-best place, finishing 22nd out of 84 competitors, while the team took seventh out of 10 teams.
- The women return eight from last year's roster and added seven newcomers.
- The women placed 10th out of 14 teams at the Spartans' first five-kilometer race of the season at the adidas XC Challenge held at the WakeMed Soccer Complex Cross Country Course on Sept. 19.
- Emma Berrier, Sierra Collins and Camryn Oates cleared the top-100 for the Spartans. Berrier was the first Blue & Gold to cross the finish line placing 81st out of 147 competitors with a time of 19:02.8.
- Most recently, the women placed third out of 14 teams at their own Spartan Classic on Oct. 3.
- Five women placed in the top-20 out of the field of 102 competitors with Berrier leading the way with her 14th-place finish and time of 18:43.7 in the five-kilometer race.
- Oates also finished the race in under 19 minutes, taking home 15th place with a time of 18:52.5.
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UP NEXT
UNCG will take some time off before preparing for the 2025 SoCon Championships, which will take place on Nov. 1 at Tryon Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. The women's five-kilometer race is set to begin at 10:00 a.m., while the men's eight-kilometer race will start at 10:45 a.m.