University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, November 11
Louisville, Ky.
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NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
The UNC women finished second on Friday.
Cross Country Men & Women Excel At Regionals, Qualify For NCAA Championship
November 11, 2022 | Cross Country
LOUISVILLE, KY.—The University of North Carolina men's and women's cross country teams both excelled at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship on Friday as the men finished first and the women took second place.
Both teams thus clinched spots to advance to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday Nov. 19. The women will be making their third consecutive NCAA appearance.
The UNC men finished first with 61 points, followed by second-place Virginia (83), third-place Wake Forest (88), fourth-place NC State (96) and fifth-place Duke (135).
NC State won the women's regional title with 25 points, followed by second-place Carolina (76), third-place Virginia (109), fourth-place Furman (133) and fifth-place Duke (188).
The top two teams and the first four finishers in each race not associated with those two teams will advance to the NCAA Championship.
Parker Wolfe took second place to lead the men, finishing the 10K race in 29:44.6, less than two seconds behind winner Nickolas Scudder of Charlotte. Carolina had five top-24 finishers: Wolfe (2nd), Patrick Anderson (sixth in 29:59.1), Will Coogan (14th in 30:05.5), John Tatter (15th in 30:06.5) and Marshall Williamson (24th in 30:14.9). All five earn NCAA All-Region honors.
Other Tar Heel men finishers included Ben Fleming in 37th and Crawford Hope in 63rd.
In the 6K women's race, the Tar Heels put all seven athletes in the Top 30 as five earned All-Region honors: Kelsey Harrington (eighth place in 20:12.9), Brynn Brown (11th in 20:24.7), Fatima Alanis (17th in 20:38.4), Eva Klingbeil (18th in 20:39.0) and Sasha Neglia (22nd in 20:40.2). Taryn Parks was 27th in 20:48.6 and Carlee Hansen was 28th in 20:48.8. NC State's Katelyn Tuohy took first place in 19:49.1.
The Carolina men won the NCAA Southeast Regional for the first time since at least 1980 (available UNC records begin in 1980). The previous best finish by the UNC men was third on three occasions (2014, 1991 and 1985).
The women's second-place finish is their second in a row after also finishing second in 2021.
Both teams thus clinched spots to advance to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday Nov. 19. The women will be making their third consecutive NCAA appearance.
The UNC men finished first with 61 points, followed by second-place Virginia (83), third-place Wake Forest (88), fourth-place NC State (96) and fifth-place Duke (135).
NC State won the women's regional title with 25 points, followed by second-place Carolina (76), third-place Virginia (109), fourth-place Furman (133) and fifth-place Duke (188).
The top two teams and the first four finishers in each race not associated with those two teams will advance to the NCAA Championship.
Parker Wolfe took second place to lead the men, finishing the 10K race in 29:44.6, less than two seconds behind winner Nickolas Scudder of Charlotte. Carolina had five top-24 finishers: Wolfe (2nd), Patrick Anderson (sixth in 29:59.1), Will Coogan (14th in 30:05.5), John Tatter (15th in 30:06.5) and Marshall Williamson (24th in 30:14.9). All five earn NCAA All-Region honors.
Other Tar Heel men finishers included Ben Fleming in 37th and Crawford Hope in 63rd.
In the 6K women's race, the Tar Heels put all seven athletes in the Top 30 as five earned All-Region honors: Kelsey Harrington (eighth place in 20:12.9), Brynn Brown (11th in 20:24.7), Fatima Alanis (17th in 20:38.4), Eva Klingbeil (18th in 20:39.0) and Sasha Neglia (22nd in 20:40.2). Taryn Parks was 27th in 20:48.6 and Carlee Hansen was 28th in 20:48.8. NC State's Katelyn Tuohy took first place in 19:49.1.
The Carolina men won the NCAA Southeast Regional for the first time since at least 1980 (available UNC records begin in 1980). The previous best finish by the UNC men was third on three occasions (2014, 1991 and 1985).
The women's second-place finish is their second in a row after also finishing second in 2021.
The Tar Heel men come away with the team title at the NCAA Southeast Regional … we believe this to be the FIRST title in program history (since a qualifying system was put in place in 1980) …
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) November 12, 2022
Parker Wolfe leads FIVE Heels in all-region status! #GoHeels 🐏 pic.twitter.com/ZfG4Ui1Gps
Tar Heel women take second 🥈 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships for the second-straight year, guaranteeing the program's third-consecutive NCAA appearance!
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) November 11, 2022
On the Stillwater …#GoHeels 🐏 pic.twitter.com/yYUstwLrm0
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