SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's cross country team competed in the Upstate Invitational in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Saturday morning held at the Roger Milliken Center.  

The Spartans placed seventh out of 23 teams totaling 242 points. Jacksonville State took the team title with 35 points and Viola Jepleting from the Gamecocks earned the individual championship. The College of Charleston placed second with 63 points and UNC Asheville rounded out the top three teams with 79 points.

Three other teams from The Southern Conference (SoCon) also competed in the invitational. Western Carolina finished fourth overall with 156 points, Wofford totaled 420 points taking 15^th place and The Citadel was 18^th with 539 points.

Freshman Sarah Fassinger paced the Spartans, placing 35^th out of 217 competitors in the five-kilometer race, clocking in a time of 18:40.5. Classmate Camryn Oates followed in 51^st place with her time of 18:57.7. Graduate student Emma Berrier also finished in under 19 minutes, taking home 57^th place with a time of 18:59.9.

Graduate student Sierra Collins crossed the finish line in 19:04.9, good for 60^th place. Junior Tenley Douglass, in her first race of the season, finished 67^th with a time of 19:15.7.

Other finishes:
74. Erica Rash – 19:23.4
105. Lillian Douglass – 19:56.4
117. Hailey Meyers – 20:21.3

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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.