University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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Cross Country Opens Season Friday at Covered Bridge Open
08.29.2018 | Cross Country
BOONE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville cross country team opens its 2018 schedule this Friday, Aug. 31, by traveling to the Covered Bridge Open.
Things are scheduled to get underway at the Don Kennedy Trails at 5 p.m.
BULLDOG BITES
Bulldogs Predicted to Have Strong Season
UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country enter the 2018 campaigns predicted to finish highly in the Big South Conference.
The UNC Asheville women's cross country team was picked third in the preseason poll, while men's cross country was picked fourth in the preseason tally released by the league office on Thursday, Aug. 16.
Back at the Covered Bridge Open
For the second straight season, UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country will open its season by competing in the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.
Quotable
"It's always exciting with the first meet to kind of see where we are and the canvas we have to paint with this year," UNC Asheville cross country head coach Jesse Norman said. "For us, it's really just a real big intro back into racing for our upperclassmen and an intro to college racing for our freshmen. It's always a really good place to open up."
Looking Back on the 2017 Season
Both the men's and women's cross country teams at UNC Asheville received the 2017 Team All-Academic Awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The men's and women's cross country teams commence the upcoming 2018 season coming off a tremendous 2017 campaign.
UNC Asheville men's cross country with its fourth place finish last year garnered its best finish as a team at the Big South Cross Country Championship since also finishing fourth in 2003.
With its fourth place finish as a team at the Big South Cross Country Championship, UNC Asheville women's cross country has now finished in the top-6 every year since 2012. The Bulldogs finished third in 2013, and Asheville has finished fourth as a team in two of the last three years (2015 and 2017).
Up Next
The Bulldogs will continue their 2018 campaign on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, by hosting the Asheville Invitational. The UNC Asheville men's cross country team won the 2017 Asheville Cross Country Invitational at Asheville Christian Academy on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017.
Things are scheduled to get underway at the Don Kennedy Trails at 5 p.m.
BULLDOG BITES
Bulldogs Predicted to Have Strong Season
UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country enter the 2018 campaigns predicted to finish highly in the Big South Conference.
The UNC Asheville women's cross country team was picked third in the preseason poll, while men's cross country was picked fourth in the preseason tally released by the league office on Thursday, Aug. 16.
Back at the Covered Bridge Open
For the second straight season, UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country will open its season by competing in the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.
Quotable
"It's always exciting with the first meet to kind of see where we are and the canvas we have to paint with this year," UNC Asheville cross country head coach Jesse Norman said. "For us, it's really just a real big intro back into racing for our upperclassmen and an intro to college racing for our freshmen. It's always a really good place to open up."
Looking Back on the 2017 Season
Both the men's and women's cross country teams at UNC Asheville received the 2017 Team All-Academic Awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The men's and women's cross country teams commence the upcoming 2018 season coming off a tremendous 2017 campaign.
UNC Asheville men's cross country with its fourth place finish last year garnered its best finish as a team at the Big South Cross Country Championship since also finishing fourth in 2003.
With its fourth place finish as a team at the Big South Cross Country Championship, UNC Asheville women's cross country has now finished in the top-6 every year since 2012. The Bulldogs finished third in 2013, and Asheville has finished fourth as a team in two of the last three years (2015 and 2017).
Up Next
The Bulldogs will continue their 2018 campaign on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, by hosting the Asheville Invitational. The UNC Asheville men's cross country team won the 2017 Asheville Cross Country Invitational at Asheville Christian Academy on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017.
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