Royals Cross Country Challenge Awaits Wake Forest
10/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 8, 2015
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Wake Forest men's and women's cross country teams will head south to Charlotte to compete in their second-to-last regular season meet of the year as they take part in the Queens University Royals Cross Country Challenge Friday afternoon.
The men will run first in an 8K race at 4:30 p.m. and the women follow on the 5K course at 5:15 p.m. It will take place at McAlpine Creek Park.
Last year at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, the women took first place, as Samantha Jones, Kathleen Darling and Cate Allen were the first three runners to finish. It was Jones' third win of the season.
In 2015, Jones has led the Demon Deacons in each of their last three meets, earning two-straight fourth-overall finishes before placing sixth at last week's Princeton Inter-Regional.
The men's team finished fifth at the 2014 Royals Challenge and was paced by then-senior Tommy Ross' 25th-place result. Of runners on Wake Forest's current roster, Andrew Fea led the way by coming in 35th--he was the third Deacon to finish.
Freshman Craig Corti paced the men's team in its last meet, coming in 61st in an impressive field of runners at Princeton. As a team, the Deacs placed 10th.
Following Friday's meet, both Wake Forest squads will cap the regular season by hosting the Wake Forest Invitational at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex/Cross Country Course in Kernersville, N.C. on Oct. 16. They will then take a week off from competition before making the trip to the ACC Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 30.
| Meet Central • Royals Cross Country Challenge | |
| Date/Time | Friday, October 9 Men: 4:30 p.m. (8K) Women: 5:15 p.m. (5K) |
| Location | Charlotte, N.C. (McAlpine Creek Park) Course Information | Weather |
| Coverage | Post-meet Results |
| Twitter Updates | @WakeTrack  |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Wake Forest men's and women's cross country teams will head south to Charlotte to compete in their second-to-last regular season meet of the year as they take part in the Queens University Royals Cross Country Challenge Friday afternoon.
The men will run first in an 8K race at 4:30 p.m. and the women follow on the 5K course at 5:15 p.m. It will take place at McAlpine Creek Park.
Last year at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, the women took first place, as Samantha Jones, Kathleen Darling and Cate Allen were the first three runners to finish. It was Jones' third win of the season.
In 2015, Jones has led the Demon Deacons in each of their last three meets, earning two-straight fourth-overall finishes before placing sixth at last week's Princeton Inter-Regional.
The men's team finished fifth at the 2014 Royals Challenge and was paced by then-senior Tommy Ross' 25th-place result. Of runners on Wake Forest's current roster, Andrew Fea led the way by coming in 35th--he was the third Deacon to finish.
Freshman Craig Corti paced the men's team in its last meet, coming in 61st in an impressive field of runners at Princeton. As a team, the Deacs placed 10th.
Following Friday's meet, both Wake Forest squads will cap the regular season by hosting the Wake Forest Invitational at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex/Cross Country Course in Kernersville, N.C. on Oct. 16. They will then take a week off from competition before making the trip to the ACC Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 30.
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