GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's and women's cross country teams will host the Spartan Classic on Friday evening in Kernersville, North Carolina, at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex. The men's college/open eight-kilometer race will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the women's college/open five-kilometer race will start at 5:45 p.m.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Live Results
Men's 8k – 5:00 p.m. (COURSE MAP)
Women's 5k – 5:45 p.m. (COURSE MAP) 
Parking – Free
 
TEAMS PARTICIPATING
Barton, Belmont Abbey, Bob Jones, Cleveland CC, Ferrum, Francis Marion, Guilford, Johnson & Wales, Lander, Liberty, Newberry, Salem, UNC Greensboro, USC Sumter, Wake Forest, Warren Wilson, Young Harris
 
SPARTANS' LINEUP (MEN – subject to change)
Khalid Abdullahi, Samuel Barnard, Spencer Connick, Pierson Guerrant, Jay Guy, Luke Huehn, Donovan Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Glodi Mvovi, Lane Prochaska, Logan Ruffner, Spencer Slayton, Luke Ward
 
SPARTANS' LINEUP (WOMEN – subject to change)
Emma Berrier, Sierra Collins, Sarah Fassinger, Kaitlyn Harrison, 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.
• Alumnus Colin Keck paced the Blue & Gold with a 12^th-place finish out of 80 competitors, earning the best SoCon Championship finish in his career and receiving All-Conference Second Team honors.
• The Spartans then competed in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Southeast Regional Championships, where they finished in 22^nd 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 36^th 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 41^st overall with a time of 19:17.1.

 
ABOUT THE WOMEN

• The women's squad was voted to finish seventh in 2025 SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• Last season, the women posted a 10^th-place finish out of 14 teams at the adidas XC Challenge.
• Later in the season, the Spartans took home fourth place out of seven teams at the Phoenix Invitational, where Vicky Sosa crossed the finish line third out of 69 competitors.
• At the 2024 SoCon Championships, Sosa earned a career-best place, finishing 22^nd 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 10^th 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 81^st out of 147 competitors with a time of 19:02.8.
• Collins finished just seven seconds after Berrier with a time of 19:09.0, good for 83^rd, while Oates took home 89^th with her time of 19:28.0.

 
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UP NEXT
UNCG will take a week off to prepare for the Panorama Farms Invitational, hosted by Virginia, on Friday, Oct. 17 in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Upstate Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at Rover Milliken Center.