Team to run without coach
Less than two weeks after coach Jason Vigilante resigned from his post as coach of the Virginia men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams, the Cavaliers will begin the indoor track and field season without a head coach at this weekend’s Liberty Kick-Off in Lynchburg. The meet, which will take place tomorrow [...]
Read moreCross country coach resigns
Jason Vigilante, Virginia’s cross country and track and field coach, resigned last week in the midst of his third season at the helm. Athletic Director Craig Littlepage thanked Vigilante for his contributions to the program in a statement last week, and expressed his dedication to finding a suitable replacement. The Cavaliers will begin their indoor [...]
Read moreCavaliers snatch NCAA Southeast Regional title
For the second consecutive season, the No. 21 Virginia women’s cross country team captured the NCAA Southeast Regional title after edging runner-up N.C. State Saturday afternoon by a narrow six-point margin. The Cavaliers, who tied the Wolfpack in last month’s ACC Championship race, tallied 107 total points as a team en route to securing a [...]
Read moreTeam sees mixed results
The No. 17 Virginia women’s cross country team tied for third place in the ACC Championship race, while the men’s squad placed sixth at the conference event on the Musser Farms Course in Clemson, S.C. this past Saturday. Junior Barbara Strehler spearheaded the Cavalier women, who finished in a third-place tie with N.C. State, with [...]
Read moreCavs sweep competition
Two weeks away from the ACC Championship meet, the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams built momentum with a sweep of the Panorama Farms Invitational Friday at their notoriously hilly home course. The men placed first out of 10 schools with 39 total points, while the women topped eight other teams with a dominant [...]
Read moreCavs prosper on road
Against an impressive field, the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams held their own at the Paul Short Invitational with 10th- and 5th-place performances, respectively. In a race featuring numerous top-ranked teams, the No. 19 men and No. 16 women kept pace well enough to merit confidence in their early-season form. The women finished [...]
Read moreCavaliers travel to Paul Short Invitational
The last time the Virginia women’s cross country team competed, it earned a perfect score of 15 by sweeping the first seven finishes at the Lou Onesty Open. Today, the Cavaliers will return to action for the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University. The men’s cross country team will join them after finishing second behind [...]
Read moreCollins makes history
The Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams concluded their seasons yesterday at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., where redshirt junior Ryan Collins led the men to a 17th-place finish, and the women placed 21st overall. At last year’s national race, Collins finished 41st overall — one place shy of All-American status. With [...]
Read moreRunners prepare for ACC title races
The Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Indiana Monday for the NCAA Championships, their last and most important race of the season. And even though in the past few weeks the men’s and women’s teams have seen their seasons take turns in vastly different directions, they both will enter the race [...]
Read moreTeam claims Southeast Regional
The No. 12 Virginia women’s cross country team left nothing to chance in its quest for a trip to the NCAA Championships as it claimed the Southeast Region Championship Saturday morning, earning an automatic bid to next week’s national race. The No. 21 men’s team, however, finished sixth at the regional race and had to [...]
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