It was a tale of two teams Saturday at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 17th-ranked Virginia women battled through adversity to claim 15th place while the 13th-ranked men, bogged down by a slow start, finished 21st.
Virginia cross country competes at the NCAA Championship meet this Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.
For the second consecutive year, Virginia cross country will send both its men’s and women’s teams to the NCAA Championships.
A skinny on weekend competition for the cross country, wrestling, and swim and dive teams. Full previews for the men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and women's soccer weekend matchups are also available online.
Neither the 13th-ranked Virginia women nor the No. 13 Cavalier men produced the desired results, but the two teams survive to fight — and improve — at the Southeast Regional Championships as the top-four teams from each race advanced.
The Cavaliers will kick off the part of the year with real implications — the post-season — this Friday, with the ACC Championships also to be held at Panorama Farms. There, the Virginia men and women, both ranked No. 13 nationally, will battle with conference foes for ACC supremacy.
A look at this weekend's upcoming games in women's rowing, cross country and field hockey.
The 14th-ranked Virginia men’s cross country team squared off against an elite field at the Washington Invitational in Seattle, Washington and emerged unscathed in fourth place.
A brief look at Virginia men's soccer, field hockey, and men's cross country's weekend matchups.
The Cavaliers captured the title in both the men’s eight-kilometer and women’s six-kilometer races in the first weekend where points towards at-large bids to the NCAA Championship accrue.
A look ahead at this weekend’s biggest sporting events.
Virginia cross country opened its season with the UVa Duals at Panorama Farms on Friday. Both the men’s and women’s teams rested their starters for this early-year four-kilometer race, which allowed some young up-and-comers the chance to shine.
Virginia track and field wrapped up three days of competition at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, with the Cavalier women finishing seventh with 60 points while the men placed eighth after collecting 53 points.
Just four weekends ago Virginia track and field began its outdoor season with the Virginia Cup in Charlottesville, but now the team already finds itself preparing for the start of the conference championships—such is the nature of track and field in the ACC. Beginning Thursday, the Cavaliers will compete for three days against their conference foes for this season’s title.
Saturday, Lannigan Field was the scene for a showdown between three of the nation’s finest public universities. Both the Virginia men’s and women’s track teams placed second in the tri-meet — a vast improvement from last year’s showing in Berkeley, Calif.
The showdown between Virginia, California and Michigan in a tri-meet this Saturday at Lannigan Field will mark the second leg of a three-year series between the top-flight public universities — an idea which can be traced back to the first meeting between University President Teresa Sullivan, the former Provost and Vice President at Michigan, and coach Bryan Fetzer.
Virginia track and field continued its season with two meets this weekend, the Texas Relays and Raleigh Relays. The Cavaliers set a slew of personal bests and put up solid results while facing some of nation’s best teams.
Virginia track and field will split its team to compete in two separate meets this weekend. Sprinters and members of relay teams will travel to the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, while distance runners will stay much closer to home at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina.
Virginia track and field began the outdoor portion of their season Saturday with the Virginia Cup at Lannigan Field.
The Skinny: Following a tight 4-3 loss to No. 3 UCLA, the Cavaliers travel to North Carolina for a pair of matches against ACC rivals the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils.
