CHARLOTTE, N.C.  – Presbyterian Blue Hose senior Garrison Fisher shattered his own school 8K record, while sophomores Katie Stevenson and Jude Rutherford led the Blue Hose at the Royals Cross Country Challenge on Friday evening at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. All three runners turned in performances that rank among the fastest in program history.

Notables

• The men's team finished 20th out of 27 teams.
• Fisher, for the third straight race, broke a school record. Fisher ran a time of 25:10.7 in the 8K, which topped his school-record time of 25:55.7 that was set a couple of weeks ago. Rutherford ran a time of 25:47.4, which is the second-fastest 8K in school history. Rounding out the rest of the Blue Hose men's runners: Sam Gearheart (27:12.4), Henry Hunt (27:26.5), Charlie Cody (27:28.4), Noah Kaufman (27:51.6), Jacob Smith (28:10.2), Trenten Cash (28:14.7), David Harner (28:39.5), Luke Hogsdon (28:44.9), Eason Bazemore (29:54.1), Gage Walker (30:47.2), and Jacob Donnan (32:25.7).
• The women's team finished 24th out of 26 teams.
• Stevenson, for the third straight race, paced the Blue Hose running a time of 19:09.6, which is the fourth-fastest 5K in school history.  Lillian Anderson (20:11.7), Peyton Dooloukas (20:35.4), Abby Donaldson (20:49.2), Annika Lackstrom (21:24.3), and Savannah Watson (27:18.0) rounded out the Blue Hose women's cross country team.

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Presbyterian makes the short trip to Spartanburg, South Carolina, for the USC Upstate Invite on Saturday, October 17.