Virginia cross country competes in ACC Cross Country Championship
By Victoria Blankenship | November 1, 2022The Cavaliers placed third out of 15 teams in the women’s event and sixth out of 15 teams in the men’s event.
The Cavaliers placed third out of 15 teams in the women’s event and sixth out of 15 teams in the men’s event.
Similar to the men, the women hope for a strong showing among their ACC foes to catapult them into regionals and the NCAA Championship.
The men’s team placed fourth with 92 points while the women’s team placed seventh with 205 points.
Senior Rohann Asfaw, who has been named USTFCCCA Collegiate National Athlete of the week for two consecutive weeks, won his third race of the season Friday with a time of 23:52.5.
The award follows the men’s cross-country team’s win at the Virginia Invite Friday.
The Cavaliers faced off against Wake Forest and North Carolina during the competition and the meet included an 8K race for the men and a 5K race for the women.
The Cavaliers finished 20th out of 31 teams in the championship, marking the 12th top-20 finish in the program’s history.
Virginia heads to the esteemed Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. to race for the national title.
The Cavaliers' dominant victory marks their first title since 2014 and their third ever in program history.
The Cavaliers look to build on their successful outing at the ACC Championships where the Virginia men took fourth place and the women finished 11th.
Because three of Virginia Tech’s top five runners beat out Virginia head-to-head, the Hokies won the tie-breaker and the Commonwealth Clash.
The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams will not travel far for the 2019 ACC Championships, to be held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Friday.
No. 16 Virginia men's cross country placed 18th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational while the Cavalier women placed 29th at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational.
After three weeks of preparation, the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams return to action for their fourth meet of the season.
The Virginia cross country team competed in its second straight home meet Friday — the annual Panorama Farms Invitational in Earlysville, Va.