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Friday, September 27
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Nuttycombe Invitational
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Cross Country Prepares For Prestigious Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational On Friday
September 25, 2024 | Cross Country
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina Cross Country team faces one of the toughest fields so far this season when it travels to Wisconsin for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armor on Friday, Sep. 27, in Madison, Wisconsin.
 Carolina is in the field with at least a dozen of the country's top-ranked teams in a race that will be live-streamed on Runnerspace (Subscription required) and Big 10 + (Subscription required).Â
The women's "B" 6k race starts at 12:00 p.m. EST, with three Tar Heels running in it. The women's "A" 5k will follow at 1:20 p.m. EST. The men's 8k "A" race will wrap up the day's events at 2:00 p.m. EST.
The Tar Heels will race on the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course, which will also host the National Championship in November.Â
Last Time Out:
The Tar Heels swept the Virginia Invitational as Brynn Brown's first-place finish earned her ACC and National Athlete of the Week awards on Sep. 16-17. Jacob Laney earned ACC Freshman of the Week on the men's side as he helped score points to help the men sweep that competition.Â
Last Time at Nuttycombe:
During the 2023-24 season, then-junior Parker Wolfe and former Tar Heel Alex Phillip finished in the top 15, and the Carolina men's team placed 10th. On the women's side, Carolina finished 22nd out of 33 teams. Fatima Alanis was the first Tar Heel to cross the finish line for the women last year at this race.Â
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In the Rankings:
The men's and women's teams have moved up in the polls after two strong races to open the season. As of Sep. 17, the women's team is ranked No. 2 in the Southeast region, while the men are still holding onto No. 1. The women's team jumped ten spots in the national poll from No. 28 to No. 18 on Sep. 17. The men moved up one spot to No. 6.
The Field:Â
More than half of the women's field, 15 out of 27 teams, are ranked in the top 30. For the men's race, 17 of the 25 teams racing are ranked in the top 30.
Women's Race
#22 Boston CollegeÂ
Columbia
Eastern Kentucky
Florida State
(RV) Furman
#15 Georgetown
#23 Gonzaga
IllinoisÂ
#13 Lipscomb
#30 Iowa State
 Iona
(RV) Michigan
#18 North CarolinaÂ
#24 Northwestern
#4 Oregon
Oregon State
#29 Penn State
(RV) Portland
#10 Providence
#28 Syracuse
Texas A&M
#14 Utah
VIlanovaÂ
#16 Virginia
Wake Forest
#5 WashingtonÂ
#19 WisconsinÂ
Men's Race
#30 Air Force
#2 BYU
#21 Colorado
#14 Eastern Kentucky
Florida State
Furman
(RV) Georgetown
(RV) GonzagaÂ
Illinois
#23 Iona
#5 Iowa State
#26 Michigan
#25 Montana State
#6 North Carolina
#16 Portland
#18 Princeton
Providence
#19 Syracuse
Texas A&M
#29 Tulsa
#17 Villanova
#15 Virginia
#20 Wake Forest
#27 Washington
#13 Wisconsin
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 Carolina is in the field with at least a dozen of the country's top-ranked teams in a race that will be live-streamed on Runnerspace (Subscription required) and Big 10 + (Subscription required).Â
The women's "B" 6k race starts at 12:00 p.m. EST, with three Tar Heels running in it. The women's "A" 5k will follow at 1:20 p.m. EST. The men's 8k "A" race will wrap up the day's events at 2:00 p.m. EST.
The Tar Heels will race on the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course, which will also host the National Championship in November.Â
Last Time Out:
The Tar Heels swept the Virginia Invitational as Brynn Brown's first-place finish earned her ACC and National Athlete of the Week awards on Sep. 16-17. Jacob Laney earned ACC Freshman of the Week on the men's side as he helped score points to help the men sweep that competition.Â
Last Time at Nuttycombe:
During the 2023-24 season, then-junior Parker Wolfe and former Tar Heel Alex Phillip finished in the top 15, and the Carolina men's team placed 10th. On the women's side, Carolina finished 22nd out of 33 teams. Fatima Alanis was the first Tar Heel to cross the finish line for the women last year at this race.Â
​
In the Rankings:
The men's and women's teams have moved up in the polls after two strong races to open the season. As of Sep. 17, the women's team is ranked No. 2 in the Southeast region, while the men are still holding onto No. 1. The women's team jumped ten spots in the national poll from No. 28 to No. 18 on Sep. 17. The men moved up one spot to No. 6.
The Field:Â
More than half of the women's field, 15 out of 27 teams, are ranked in the top 30. For the men's race, 17 of the 25 teams racing are ranked in the top 30.
Women's Race
#22 Boston CollegeÂ
Columbia
Eastern Kentucky
Florida State
(RV) Furman
#15 Georgetown
#23 Gonzaga
IllinoisÂ
#13 Lipscomb
#30 Iowa State
 Iona
(RV) Michigan
#18 North CarolinaÂ
#24 Northwestern
#4 Oregon
Oregon State
#29 Penn State
(RV) Portland
#10 Providence
#28 Syracuse
Texas A&M
#14 Utah
VIlanovaÂ
#16 Virginia
Wake Forest
#5 WashingtonÂ
#19 WisconsinÂ
Men's Race
#30 Air Force
#2 BYU
#21 Colorado
#14 Eastern Kentucky
Florida State
Furman
(RV) Georgetown
(RV) GonzagaÂ
Illinois
#23 Iona
#5 Iowa State
#26 Michigan
#25 Montana State
#6 North Carolina
#16 Portland
#18 Princeton
Providence
#19 Syracuse
Texas A&M
#29 Tulsa
#17 Villanova
#15 Virginia
#20 Wake Forest
#27 Washington
#13 Wisconsin
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