MILL SPRING, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's cross country team finished third overall at The 2025 Southern Conference (SoCon) Championships Saturday at Tryon Equestrian Center.  

The Spartans' third-place finish matches last year's result of third place, which was the best mark since the 2011* season when UNCG was crowned champion. This is the sixth* time in program history that UNCG has finished third or better.

Furman claimed its 13^th-straight SoCon Championship, totaling 20 points, while ETSU finished second with 85 points. UNCG edged Chattanooga for third place with 104 points and the Mocs totaled 105 points. Samford rounded out the top five teams with 115 points.

Freshman Luke Hühn led the charge with his time of 25:24.8 in the eight-kilometer run. He finished 12^th out of 79 competitors. Hühn earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors, Second Team recognition and was voted, by the coaches, as the SoCon Freshman of the Year. He is just the second** SoCon Freshman of the Year for UNCG since Paul Katam earned the honor in 2011.

Junior Khalid Abdullahi also finished in the top 20, placing 18^th with his time of 25:45.9. Abdullahi bested his mark from last year, where he finished in 50^th place.

Sophomore Logan Ruffner earned a 22^nd-place finish with his time of 25:58.8, which was higher than his 29^th-place mark from last year's championship. Classmate Pierson Guerrant wasn't far behind with his time of 26:06.2, taking home 25^th place, besting his 2024 mark of 51^st place.

Senior Lane Prochaska ran a time of 26:20.2, putting him 32^nd among the field in his second SoCon Cross Country Championship. Classmate Luke Ward rounded out the Spartans' team scoring, placing 39^th overall with his time of 26:39.3.

Sophomore Donovan Johnson competed in his first SoCon Championship and finished 65^th with a time of 28:13.3.

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The NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships will follow on Friday, Nov. 14 in Charlottesville, Virginia, at Panorama Farms. The women's six-kilometer race will begin at 10:00 a.m. and the men's 10-kilometer race will follow at 11:00 a.m.

*NOTE: The 2011 SoCon Championship was later vacated.
**NOTE: Paul Katam's 2011 SoCon Freshman of the Year award was later vacated.