GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the 2025 adidas XC Challenge on Friday in Cary, North Carolina, at the WakeMed Soccer Park Cross Country Course.
The men's six-kilometer race will begin at 5:15 p.m. and the women's five-kilometer race will start at 5:55 p.m.
MEET INFORMATION
Live Results
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Men's 6k – 5:15 p.m. (
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Women's 5k – 5:55 p.m. (
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Parking - Free (Friday only)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
From the start you head downhill for approximately 550m. It runs flat until about the 1050 mark. There is a gradual, winding hill that is approximately 250m in length. The course then flattens out for 150m then you head back downhill for 150m. It runs flat for the next 150m, which brings you past the 1-mile mark. You then head back up the same hill that you started down. After cresting the hill at the starting line, you run flat for approximately 450-500m. Then the course heads down hill, and you begin a series of fairly steep rolling hills (2) that are crested just as you reach the 2-mile mark. There is a long gradual downhill for approximately the next 300m. The course runs flat from about 3600m until about the 4400m mark. The final climb is running up the starting hill one last time and then you run flat for the last 90m into the finish.
SPARTANS' LINEUP – WOMEN (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Emma Berrier,
Sierra Collins,
Sarah Fassinger,
Kaitlyn Harrison,
Hailey Meyers,
Camryn Oates,
Erica Rash
SPARTANS' LINEUP – MEN (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Khalid Abdullahi,
Samuel Barnard,
Spencer Connick,
Pierson Guerrant,
Jay Guy,
Donovan Johnson,
Jeremiah Jones,
Glodi Mvovi,
Lane Prochaska,
Logan Ruffner,
Spencer Slayton,
Luke Ward,
Judah Weesner
ABOUT THE WOMEN
- The women's squad was voted to finish seventh in 2025 The Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Last season, the women posted a 10th-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 cross the finish line third out of 69 competitors.
- At the 2024 SoCon Championships, 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.
ABOUT THE MEN
- The men's team was voted to finish fourth in the 2025 SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Last season, the men kicked off the year with a ninth-place finish oout of 14 teams at the 2024 adidas XC Challenge and followed that up with another ninth-place finish out of 17 teams at the Pirate Cross Country Invitational.
- In both meets, alumnus Colin Keck finished in the top-50, as Abdullahi placed in the top-50 in the Pirate Cross Country Invitational.
- The men impressed the field during the 2024 SoCon Championships, placing third for its best mark in over 10 years.
- Keck paced the Blue & Gold with a 12th-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 22nd out of 33 teams.
- The men return 12 from last year's roster and have added five newcomers.
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UP NEXT
The Spartans will host the Spartan Classic on Friday, Oct. 3 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.
