KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) cross country teams swept the Spartan Classic team titles at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex on Friday evening, both the men and women finishing on top with 15 points in their respective races. 

Lane Prochaska and Luke Hühn split hairs at the finish to lead the pack in the first 8K of the season for the Spartan men, while Hailey Meyers took home the individual crown for the women. Both races saw the overall top 10 finishes dominated by the Blue & Gold. 

MEN'S RACE
Prochaska took the win with a time of 26:08.3, pacing the Blue & Gold for the second time in as many meets this season. Hühn, racing for the first time this season, placed just .2 seconds behind at 26:08.5. The pair led an all-UNCG top five, followed by Pierson Guerrant (third, 26:21.5), Logan Ruffner (26:49.7), and Jonathan Marsden (fifth, 27:45.6). 
 
Spencer Slayton (28:05.3) and Khalid Abdullahi (28:05.4) took sixth and seventh in another photo-finish. Gunnar Douglass (28:21.7) and Sebastian Frickel (28:31.1) placed ninth and 10^th, respectively, placing a total of eight Blue & Gold runners in the top 10 of a 46-participant field. 
 
Jeremiah Jones (29:20.5) and Landon Jones (29:44.1) were the next pair of Spartan finishers, crossing the line 14^th and 15^th respectively in their first races of the season. Sam Barnard made it three straight Spartans after crossing the line 16^th at 30:08.2, while JT Brownlee concluded the UNCG pack in 33^rd (33:16.0).
 
The Spartans finished with an overall team total of 15 points, followed by local squads North Carolina A&T (68), Livingstone (72), Cleveland CC (102) and Guilford (131). 

WOMEN'S RACE
Meyers, who has led UNCG in all three races so far this season, cruised to the win with a time of 18:41.1. Vicky Sosa (19:11.2) and Camryn Oates (19:34.1) took second and third, respectively,  to round out the top three. 
 
A run of Blue & Gold led by Erica Rash (fifth, 19:59.6), Keira Mansure (sixth, 20:04.3), Olivia Arnold (seventh, 20:12.4) and Joelle Tonne (eighth, 20:28.1) ensured a total of seven Spartans in the top 10 finishers out of a 39-runner field.
 
Sasha Helmer was the next finisher for UNCG, crossing the line 17^th at 22:24.0, just ahead of fellow freshman Christiana Rodriguez (18^th, 22:43.0). Emily Graff was the final finisher for the Spartans in 26^th, clocking in at 23:51.4.
 
UNCG finished with a team score of 15 points, leading local opponents North Carolina A&T (65), Newberry (73), and Salem (93). 
 
UP NEXT
Both the men and women will run at the Upstate Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17, hosted by USC Upstate at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina.