Virginia Cross Country Regionals Ready

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Virginia men’s and women’s cross country programs are set to travel to Rock Hill, S.C. for the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships on Friday (Nov. 15) hosted by Winthrop University. The women will kick things off with a 6k race starting at 10:30 a.m. followed by the men’s 10k race set to begin at 11:30 a.m.

How to Follow
The 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships will not be streamed. A link to live results is available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVATFCC).

Women’s 6k | 10:30 a.m.
Men’s 10k | 11:30 a.m.
Course Map
Live Results

Rankings
The Cavalier men check in at No. 13 ahead of the NCAA Southeast Regional while the Virginia women are ranked No. 15 in the latest USTFCCCA rankings. Five men’s teams and four women’s teams entered in the NCAA Southeast Regionals currently appear in the national rankings:

NCAA Southeast Regional Participants
Appalachian State, Bellarmine, Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Davidson, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Eastern Kentucky, Furman, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, Hampton, High Point, James Madison, Kentucky, Liberty, Longwood, Louisville, Morehead State, Murray State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, North Carolina State, Northern Kentucky, Presbyterian, Radford, Richmond, South Carolina, South Carolina State, Southern Indiana, The Citadel, UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Greensboro, USC Upstate, Virginia, VCU, VMI, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky, William and Mary, Winthrop, Wofford.

NCAA Qualification

• The top two teams out of each of the nine regional meets qualify automatically for the NCAA Championships
• On Saturday (Nov. 16) the NCAA Cross Country Selection Committee will announce 13 at-large selections via a selection show at 5 p.m. ET
• Virginia has qualified both men’s and women’s teams to the NCAA Championship the previous two years (2022, 2023)
• Last season the Cavalier women placed third while the men placed fifth at the southeast regional meet with both teams securing an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships

Additional Notes

• Gary Martin comes off of a thrilling victory at the ACC Cross Country Championships just two weeks ago. Martin bested the field by eight seconds to break the ACC Championship record clocking 22:17.6 for 8k
• Margot Appleton and Jenny Schilling come off of earning All-ACC honors for their seventh and 14th place finish at the ACC Championships
• The trio of Gary Martin, Will Anthony and Nate Mountain earned All-ACC accolades at the ACC Championships finishing first, fifth and 19th
• The Cavalier men and women both come off fourth-place team finishes at the ACC Championships
• Six Cavaliers earned All-Region honors in 2023 including Margot Appleton, Jenny Schilling, Caroline Timm on the women’s side and Will Anthony, Nate Mountain and Yasin Sad0 for the men.
• The Cavalier men and women both come off fourth-place team finishes at the ACC Championships