The Presbyterian College men's and women's cross country teams begin their 2024 season on Friday morning at the Belmont Opener in Nashville, Tennessee. The women's 5K starts at 9:40 a.m. on Friday while the men's 5K begins at 10:10 a.m. Both races are scheduled to take place at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.

Event: Belmont Opener
Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Time: Women's 5k – 9:40 a.m. EST. | Men's 5k – 10:10 a.m. EST
Site: Percy Warner Park (Nashville, Tenn.) 
Results: CFPI Timing

About the Meet
The Belmont Opener will have the following teams joining the Blue Hose on Friday morning: Austin Peay, Belmont, Lipscomb, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, and Western Kentucky.
 
About the Blue Hose

• Presbyterian coach GJ Hudgens is in his seventh season as the Blue Hose head coach.
• Presbyterian's women's team returns five letterwiners while welcoming two newcomers to the 2024 roster.
• The men's team has six returning letterwinners while adding four newcomers. 

Notables

• Noah Kaufman broke the program's 5k record in last season's Belmont Opener with a time of 17:02.1.
• Gavin Guyton, David Harner, Ethan Trombly, and Jacob Smith are making their collegiate debuts for the men's team.
• In the season-opening meet the last two seasons, Isabel Whitman ran her fastest time in a season-opener.
• Both teams will wear Pink Uniforms in honor of a member of the team's mother who is currently winning her battle against breast cancer.

 
2024 Slate

• The race in Nashville is the first of four regular-season races for the Blue Hose in 2023. • Next, the Blue Hose travel to the coast of North Carolina to run in the UNCW Beach Blast on September 6.
• Then, Presbyterian travels to Spartanburg, South Carolina to run in the Converse Kickoff on September 21.
• PC concludes the regular season at the Queens City Invite in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• The Big South Conference Championship is in North Charleston, South Carolina on November 1.