Cross Country Tar Heels Set To Compete In Three States On Friday

Friday, October 15

Tallahassee, Fla.

8:30 AM

North Carolina

FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals (women)

The Tar Heel men will compete Friday in both Madison, Wis., and Kernersville, N.C.

Photo by: Tom Connelly

Cross Country Tar Heels Set To Compete In Three States On Friday

October 15, 2021 | Cross Country

2021 Schedule

By: Dana Gelin

Tar Heel runners will compete in three states on Friday, with the women running in Tallahassee, Fla., and the men in both Madison, Wis., and Kernersville, N.C.

The women will race at the FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals, starting at 8:35 a.m. The 12^th-ranked Tar Heels are one of 10 teams in the women's Garnet 6K field ranked in the top 30 nationally.

Racing will take place at Apalachee Regional Park, which is set to be the site of the 2021 NCAA Championships. Representing the Tar Heels will be Brynn Brown, Ava Dobson, Carlee Hansen, Kelsey Harrington, Paige Hofstad, Sydney Masciarelli, Sasha Neglia, Taryn Parks, Sarah Trainor and Natalie Tyner.

Follow live results here.

Next up is the Wittycombe Invitational, hosted by the University of Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wis. The No. 18 Tar Heels are part of a stacked field for the Men's Championship 8K that includes 19 teams that are ranked in the top 30 .

Racing for UNC are Jack Aho, Patrick Anderson, Will Coogan, Crawford Hope, Jesse Hunt, Michael Spragley, Ethan Strand, John Tatter, Marshall Williamson and Parker Wolfe.

The Men's Championship 8K starts at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. Follow live results here.

Finally, three Tar Heels – Tommy Gaffey, Andrew Lauer and Jason Thomson – will race at High Point;s VertCross Invitational at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville, N.C. Racing begins at 4 p.m. and results are here.

The busy day of racing wraps up the regular season for Carolina. After Friday's action, both the men and the women look ahead to the ACC Championships at Notre Dame on Oct. 29.