Saturday, November 23
Terre Haute, Ind.
11:15 a.m.
North Carolina
vs
NCAA Cross Country Championships
Photo by: UNC Athletic Communications
Hofstad Gears Up For NCAA Championships
November 21, 2019 | Cross Country
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Senior Paige Hofstad will represent the University of North Carolina cross country program at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course on Saturday. The women's 6K race is scheduled for an 11:15 a.m. ET start with the men's 10K following at 12:15 p.m. ET.
Hofstad punched her ticket to the national stage after a stellar first season in Carolina blue. Hofstad, who joined the Tar Heels in August after three seasons at Georgetown, earned All-ACC honors and All-Region honors in postseason competition. She is also Carolina's first NCAA qualifier since Stephen Mulherin in 2015 and the first women's team member since 2014.
THE FIELD
Women's Teams –– Air Force, Arkansas, Boise State, Boston College, Brigham Young, Colorado, Columbia, Cornell, Florida State, Furman, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, NC State, New Mexico, Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Tulsa, Utah, Villanova, Washington, Wisconsin
Women's Teams with Individuals –– Albany, Auburn, Brown, Butler, Connecticut, Eastern Michigan, Florida, George Washington, Georgetown (2), Georgia (2), Iona, Iowa State, Louisville, Montana State, New Orleans, North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Oakland, Oklahoma State (2), Portland, Princeton, Rhode Island, Rice, San Francisco, San Jose State, Southern Utah, Texas A&M (2), UCLA, UTEP, Virginia Tech, Weber State, Wichita State, Wofford, Xavier
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Live Results | Watch ($) | Meet Central
Date: Saturday, Nov. 23
Women's 6K: 11:15 a.m.
Men's 10K: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Terre Haute, Ind.
Course: LaVern Gibson Championship Course
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
• Top-40 finishers earn All-America honors.
• Hofstad is the first Tar Heel to compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships since Stephen Mulherin (118th place) represented the men's team as an individual in 2015.
• Hofstad is the first Tar Heel to represent the women's cross country program since the women's team advanced in 2014.
• In 2014, both teams advanced to the NCAA Championships with the women finishing 22nd and the men 12th. Annie LeHardy led the women with a 49th-place finish in individual standings and Ryan Walling was Carolina's top men's finisher in 48th place.
• Carolina's last All-America competitor in cross country was Annie LeHardy in 2013 when she finished 25th in the women's 6K race at the NCAA Championships.
• Hofstad was the first Tar Heel to earn All-ACC honors, All-Region honors and a bid to the NCAA Championships in since five Tar Heels accomplished that feat in 2014. Four Tar Heels –– Enyaeva Michelin (2018), Morgan Ilse (2017), Carolina Alcorta (2017, 2015) and Josette Norris (2015) –– have earned All-ACC and All-Region honors less an NCAA bid in the same season since 2014.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Both championships will be shown live on FloTrack and live results will be available online.
Fans can follow @UNCTrack_Field on Twitter to receive information as results are made available. A meet recap and results will also be posted on GoHeels.com following the completion of competition.
POSTSEASON RECAPS
• HOFSTAD ADVANCES TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS / Nov. 15, 2019 •
Senior Paige Hofstad earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Friday following her ninth-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Hofstad, a native of New Braunfels, Texas, received first-team All-Region accolades for her performance and is the first Tar Heel woman to advance to the national stage since the team competed in 2014.
"The best part about today is the momentum we have coming out of it," director of track & field and cross country Chris Miltenberg said. "On both sides, men and women, it was by far the best race of the year. Best race for the entire team on both sides which is exactly how you want to be finishing. I think when you look at the trajectory of the season, you can see how much we learned and figured out each week. I'm really excited and proud of how we ran today, but most of all I'm excited about where it means we're going in the future. Having Paige back in NCAAs is obviously a big step for our program — being back at that meet for the first time in four years — and in one year from now, we're going to have both teams there and we'll be ready to keep climbing."
For the first time since 2015, both Carolina men and women earned top-10 finishes in regional competition. The women's team finished sixth with a team score of 162 points in Friday morning's 6K and the men placed eighth with 217 points in their 10K race.
Alongside Hofstad, senior Mady Clahane clocked a personal-best 6K time of 21:08.7 for 32nd place, the best finish of her career. Freshman Alex Morris placed 36th with a time of 21:12.8 while senior Erin Edmundson followed closely behind in 38th for a final time of 21:14.0. Junior Emmeline Fisher rounded out the Tar Heels' score, crossing the finish line in 21:27.9 for 53rd.
On the men's side, all five scorers earned the highest individual finishes of their NCAA regional careers. Senior Alex Milligan led the Heels with a time of 30:44.5 for 26th, missing All-Region honors by a single spot. Junior Jesse Hunt and senior Jeremy Brown both finished within 10 seconds of Milligan, Hunt clocked 30:47.8 for 29th and Brown 30:53.2 for 33rd. Junior Ian Moini and senior Mitch Resor also contributed to Carolina's team placement after placing 65th (31:37.2) and 68th (31:40.8), respectively.
• HOFSTAD FINISHES FIFTH AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS / Nov. 1, 2019 •
Senior Paige Hofstad led the North Carolina cross country teams with an All-ACC finish at the 2019 ACC Cross Country Championships on Friday. Hofstad finished the women's 6K race in 20:54.1 for fifth in the individual competition, making her Carolina's first top-five finisher since Annie LeHardy finished fourth in 2014.
With 196 points, the women's team placed eighth in the team standings to earn their best team finish since 2015. The men's team, led by senior Alex Milligan, finished 10th with 298 points.
Adding to the women's score, senior Mady Clahane made the most her return to ACC cross country competition after battling injury during the 2018 season. Clahane clocked 21:40.6 for 33rd place, the best individual finish of her career. Freshman Alex Morris opened her ACC career with a 44th-place time of 21:57.3 and senior Erin Edmundson followed in 51st with a time of 22:04.7. Junior Emmeline Fisher, who transferred from UNCW in 2018, finished 74th in 22:31.0 in her first ever ACC Championships.
In the men's 8K race, Milligan led the Tar Heels with his highest career finish at the ACC meet. The State College, Pa. native crossed the line in 25:05.3 for 27th, just one year after placing 32nd in his ACC Cross Country Championship debut.
The Tar Heels' team score was rounded out by junior Jesse Hunt in 66th (25:38.6), senior Jeremy Brown in 77th (25:57.7), sophomore John Tatter in 80th (26:04.0) and Brandon Tubby in 87th (26:14.3).
Hofstad punched her ticket to the national stage after a stellar first season in Carolina blue. Hofstad, who joined the Tar Heels in August after three seasons at Georgetown, earned All-ACC honors and All-Region honors in postseason competition. She is also Carolina's first NCAA qualifier since Stephen Mulherin in 2015 and the first women's team member since 2014.
THE FIELD
Women's Teams –– Air Force, Arkansas, Boise State, Boston College, Brigham Young, Colorado, Columbia, Cornell, Florida State, Furman, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, NC State, New Mexico, Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Tulsa, Utah, Villanova, Washington, Wisconsin
Women's Teams with Individuals –– Albany, Auburn, Brown, Butler, Connecticut, Eastern Michigan, Florida, George Washington, Georgetown (2), Georgia (2), Iona, Iowa State, Louisville, Montana State, New Orleans, North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Oakland, Oklahoma State (2), Portland, Princeton, Rhode Island, Rice, San Francisco, San Jose State, Southern Utah, Texas A&M (2), UCLA, UTEP, Virginia Tech, Weber State, Wichita State, Wofford, Xavier
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Live Results | Watch ($) | Meet Central
Date: Saturday, Nov. 23
Women's 6K: 11:15 a.m.
Men's 10K: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Terre Haute, Ind.
Course: LaVern Gibson Championship Course
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
• Top-40 finishers earn All-America honors.
• Hofstad is the first Tar Heel to compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships since Stephen Mulherin (118th place) represented the men's team as an individual in 2015.
• Hofstad is the first Tar Heel to represent the women's cross country program since the women's team advanced in 2014.
• In 2014, both teams advanced to the NCAA Championships with the women finishing 22nd and the men 12th. Annie LeHardy led the women with a 49th-place finish in individual standings and Ryan Walling was Carolina's top men's finisher in 48th place.
• Carolina's last All-America competitor in cross country was Annie LeHardy in 2013 when she finished 25th in the women's 6K race at the NCAA Championships.
• Hofstad was the first Tar Heel to earn All-ACC honors, All-Region honors and a bid to the NCAA Championships in since five Tar Heels accomplished that feat in 2014. Four Tar Heels –– Enyaeva Michelin (2018), Morgan Ilse (2017), Carolina Alcorta (2017, 2015) and Josette Norris (2015) –– have earned All-ACC and All-Region honors less an NCAA bid in the same season since 2014.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Both championships will be shown live on FloTrack and live results will be available online.
Fans can follow @UNCTrack_Field on Twitter to receive information as results are made available. A meet recap and results will also be posted on GoHeels.com following the completion of competition.
POSTSEASON RECAPS
• HOFSTAD ADVANCES TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS / Nov. 15, 2019 •
Senior Paige Hofstad earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Friday following her ninth-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Hofstad, a native of New Braunfels, Texas, received first-team All-Region accolades for her performance and is the first Tar Heel woman to advance to the national stage since the team competed in 2014.
"The best part about today is the momentum we have coming out of it," director of track & field and cross country Chris Miltenberg said. "On both sides, men and women, it was by far the best race of the year. Best race for the entire team on both sides which is exactly how you want to be finishing. I think when you look at the trajectory of the season, you can see how much we learned and figured out each week. I'm really excited and proud of how we ran today, but most of all I'm excited about where it means we're going in the future. Having Paige back in NCAAs is obviously a big step for our program — being back at that meet for the first time in four years — and in one year from now, we're going to have both teams there and we'll be ready to keep climbing."
For the first time since 2015, both Carolina men and women earned top-10 finishes in regional competition. The women's team finished sixth with a team score of 162 points in Friday morning's 6K and the men placed eighth with 217 points in their 10K race.
Alongside Hofstad, senior Mady Clahane clocked a personal-best 6K time of 21:08.7 for 32nd place, the best finish of her career. Freshman Alex Morris placed 36th with a time of 21:12.8 while senior Erin Edmundson followed closely behind in 38th for a final time of 21:14.0. Junior Emmeline Fisher rounded out the Tar Heels' score, crossing the finish line in 21:27.9 for 53rd.
On the men's side, all five scorers earned the highest individual finishes of their NCAA regional careers. Senior Alex Milligan led the Heels with a time of 30:44.5 for 26th, missing All-Region honors by a single spot. Junior Jesse Hunt and senior Jeremy Brown both finished within 10 seconds of Milligan, Hunt clocked 30:47.8 for 29th and Brown 30:53.2 for 33rd. Junior Ian Moini and senior Mitch Resor also contributed to Carolina's team placement after placing 65th (31:37.2) and 68th (31:40.8), respectively.
• HOFSTAD FINISHES FIFTH AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS / Nov. 1, 2019 •
Senior Paige Hofstad led the North Carolina cross country teams with an All-ACC finish at the 2019 ACC Cross Country Championships on Friday. Hofstad finished the women's 6K race in 20:54.1 for fifth in the individual competition, making her Carolina's first top-five finisher since Annie LeHardy finished fourth in 2014.
With 196 points, the women's team placed eighth in the team standings to earn their best team finish since 2015. The men's team, led by senior Alex Milligan, finished 10th with 298 points.
Adding to the women's score, senior Mady Clahane made the most her return to ACC cross country competition after battling injury during the 2018 season. Clahane clocked 21:40.6 for 33rd place, the best individual finish of her career. Freshman Alex Morris opened her ACC career with a 44th-place time of 21:57.3 and senior Erin Edmundson followed in 51st with a time of 22:04.7. Junior Emmeline Fisher, who transferred from UNCW in 2018, finished 74th in 22:31.0 in her first ever ACC Championships.
In the men's 8K race, Milligan led the Tar Heels with his highest career finish at the ACC meet. The State College, Pa. native crossed the line in 25:05.3 for 27th, just one year after placing 32nd in his ACC Cross Country Championship debut.
The Tar Heels' team score was rounded out by junior Jesse Hunt in 66th (25:38.6), senior Jeremy Brown in 77th (25:57.7), sophomore John Tatter in 80th (26:04.0) and Brandon Tubby in 87th (26:14.3).
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