Men's Results | Women's Results
South Bend, Ind. – Katherine Link placed 21st overall in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational to lead the UNCG women’s cross country team to a 22nd place finish overall in the Women’ Gold race. Link clocked a 17:43.4 on the 5,000-meter course at Burke Golf Course. Luke Sumerford was the top finisher for the Spartans in the Men’s Gold race clocking a 25:43.9 in the five-mile competition.
Freshman Taylor Delaney also ran a personal best and was the second Spartan to finish earning a top-50 finish while Kaitlyn Stone, Sarah DeSantis and Kelsey Barrett rounded out the top-five for UNCG.
On the men’s side, Sumerford placed 55th overall while Patrick OGrady clocked a 26:13.5 to be the second Spartan finisher. Bryan Whyms, Dakarai Shipp and Brandon King rounded out the top-five for UNCG. William Sandin wasn’t far off King’s trail, crossing the finish line sixth for the Spartans and just seven seconds behind his teammate.
The Spartans are back in action Saturday, October 15 for the Wake Forest Invitational and Princeton Invitational. To stay updated on the UNCG men’s and women’s cross country teams, log on to UNCGSpartans.com.