KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's and women's cross country teams competed in its second race of the season at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex on Friday evening.
 
The men took home the team title out of the 12-team field earning 18 points, while the women finished third out of 14 teams totaling 70 points. Wake Forest (23 points) and Liberty (32 points) placed first and second, respectively, on the women's side.
 
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.
 
MEN'S RACE
Sophomore Logan Ruffner and freshman Luke Hühn finished first and second, respectively, in the Spartans' first eight-kilometer race of the season. Ruffner clocked in a time of 25:40.5. Hühn, in his first collegiate race, crossed the finish line in 25:43.7.
 
Sophomore Pierson Guerrant followed Ruffner and Hühn, taking home third out of the field of 116 competitors with a time of 25:58.3. Senior Lane Prochaska was one of the six Spartans to finish in the top-10, placing fifth with his time of 26:42.1.
 
Junior Khalid Abdullahi and freshman Spencer Slayton rounded out the Spartans' top-10 finishes, earning eighth and ninth, respectively. Abdullahi clocked in a time of 26:54.6 and Slayton finished the race in 26:56.2.
 
Senior Luke Ward, in his first race of the season, took home 12^th with a time of 27:08.2, rounding out the Spartans earning points towards the team finish.
 
WOMEN'S RACE
Five women placed in the top-20 out of the field of 102 competitors. Graduate student Emma Berrier led the way with her 14^th-place finish and time of 18:43.7 in the five-kilometer race. Freshman Camryn Oates also finished the race under 19 minutes, taking home 15^th with a time of 18:52.5.
 
Freshmen Erica Rash and Sarah Fassinger and graduate student Sierra Collins crossed the finish line in 16^th, 17^th and 18^th, respectively. Rash clocked in a time of 19:00.6, Fassinger ran a time of 19:02.2 and Collins finished in 19:03.0.
 
Sophomore Hailey Meyers and senior Kaitlyn Harrison rounded out the Spartans that earned points towards the team total. Meyers earned 26^th placed with her time of 20:22.0, while Harrison placed 30^th with a time of 20:42.6.
 
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UP NEXT
UNCG will take a week off before the men prepare for the Panorama Farms Invitational, hosted by Virginia, on Friday, Oct. 17 in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the women will train for the Upstate Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at Roger Milliken Center.