Women's Results | Men's Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Facing its toughest competition of the season, the Elon University cross country programs closed out it regular season schedule after competing at the 2017 NCAA Pre-Nationals on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, at the E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.
 
Nick Ciolkowski clocked a time of 24:39.3 in the men's "black" 8K race while making his 2017 season-debut. The two-time defending Colonial Athletic Association individual cross country champion earned a top-15 standing among the 215 competitors in the race.
 
"Nick ran very well today," said Elon head cross country Kevin Jermyn. "He ran the first three miles really controlled and then ran the last two miles hard. I think he had the ability to run another 2K today, so that is a big confidence builder for him when we move up to 10K" at regionals."
 
Brigid Brennan once again led the Phoenix females as the Northport, N.Y., native has a time of 21:36.1 in the women's 6K "black" run. She would finish 22^nd overall in the race among 259 runners. Junior Coralea Geraniotis was the next Elon runner to cross the line with her time of 22:02.1 in 48^th overall while Melissa Anastasakis came across the finish line with a time of 22:37.4. Corey Weiss (22:47.2) and Chelsea Smith (22:57.6) rounded out the top-five scores for Elon.
 
"Brigid had another strong race and has positioned herself among the best harriers in the CAA," said Jermyn. "Coralea is coming on strong in the middle of the season, competed more aggressively today and will be ready to compete at personal best levels in our upcoming championship meets. I'm really excited to watch our team compete in the CAA Championships on our home course in two weeks."
 
The two final Phoenix women to complete the 6K race in Louisville were rookies Bridget Kanaley (24:18.6) and Rachael Wesolowski (24:48.7). The Elon women finished 14^th overall on the day with 358 points as Nevada took the team title with 62 points over runner-up BYU, who had 96. The Phoenix finished ahead of notable schools such as Ole Miss (368), Delaware (451), Liberty (476) and Pittsburgh (609).
 
The maroon and gold cross country programs will shift their focus to the 2017 CAA Cross Country Championships, held on at the Phoenix's home cross country course on the campus of Elon. The meet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 28, with the women's 6K beginning at 10 a.m. and the men's 8K race following at 11 a.m.