CHARLOTTE, N.C.  – The Presbyterian Blue Hose men's and women's cross country teams ran their final regular season race at the Royals Cross Country Challenge at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, N.C. Freshman Jude Rutherford set the school record in the 8K. Junior Noah Kaufman and freshman Sam Gearheart posted times that rank among the program's Division I era top 15. Senior Isabel Whitman, freshmen Lillian Anderson, and Katie Stevenson ran times that ranked among the fastest in the program's history in the 5K.

NOTABLES
Rutherford paced the Blue Hose men's team, running a 26:08.46, which is the fastest 8K time in the program's history.  Kaufman with a time of 26:55.35, which is the sixth fastest time in the program's history. Freshman Sam Gearheart ran 27:07.93, which is the 13^th fastest time in the program's Division I era.  Sophomore Jacob Smith (27:49.25), sophomore David Harner (28:30.23), freshman Henry Hunt (28:31.88), freshman Robert Volk (29:56.70), freshman Eason Bazemore (30:11.77), senior Samuel Wall (30:15.56), and senior Nizeyimana Aristide (34:01.69) round out the Blue Hose men's runners.

Whitman posted a time of 19:22.59 to pace the women's team in the 5K, which is the sixth fastest time in the program's history. Anderson ran the 19:25.11, which is the seventh fastest time in school history. Stevenson posted a time of 19:38.80, which ranks in the top 15 fastest times in school history. Junior Abby Donaldson (20:30.15), freshman Alexis Yeung (21:22.12), redshirt junior Eliana Watson (21:22.75), junior Savannah Watson (22:35.05), freshman Summer Covey (23:32.10), and freshman Sarah Danbury (25:27.92) round out the Blue Hose women's runners.

UP NEXT
Presbyterian is back on the course at the Big South Championship in Farmville, Virginia, October 31.