Highlanders Conclude Regular Season with Strides

Saturday, October 14

Spartanburg, SC

Radford University

Upstate Invitational

Highlanders Conclude Regular Season with Strides

10/14/2023 11:21:00 AM | Cross Country

FULL RESULTS

SPARTANBURG, S.C.– The Radford men's and women's cross country teams concluded their regular season on Saturday morning, competing in the Upstate Invitational. Both teams found themselves finishing in the top-10. The women's team placed third, while the men's team came in seventh.

Assistant Coach, Benji Pinckney, has a positive outlook after today's meet, stating, "I think today showed we are right where we needed to be and in two weeks' time we're going to be very dangerous in the conference."

MEN'S RESULTS
Out of 272 runners, Joshua Daggett finished in 14^th place running at 24:50.8. Luke Richards came in 30th place with a time of 25:21.7. Both men charted in the All-Time 8k record book.

Also making the top-50 are Sam Sikora (25:26.0) and Maxton Sowers (25:29.3).

WOMEN'S RESULTS
Chloe Wellings made the top-10, coming in 10^th place, at 17:34.5 out of 211 runners. MegAnne Gilmore was not too far behind in 15^th place (17:47.6).

Sophie Magson finished in 19^th with a run time of 17:50.0. Abby Seigel ended at 18:37.4, putting her in the top-50 (48^th place).

UP NEXT
Radford looks forward to hosting the 2023 Big South Cross Country Championships. This takes place on Sunday, October 29 at Green Hill Park in Salem, Va. The men will take off at 10:30 a.m., followed by the women at 11:30 a.m. Awards will occur at 12:30 p.m.

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