ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Elon University men's and women's cross country teams had a pair of successful team finishes at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational on Saturday morning, Sept. 30 at the Winthrop Coliseum Farms course.
 
The Phoenix women won its second team title of the year as Elon scored 25 points in the 5K race and had six runners finish in the top 11. On the men's side, the maroon and gold men was second with 46 points while seeing four members of its squad garner top 12 standings in the 8K run.
 
Men's Recap
• Caden Strickland led the Phoenix as the sophomore was fifth overall with his time of 25:58.0. He was joined in the top-10 by another sophomore in Nate Mars, who was ninth with his time of 26:15.0.
• Daniel King just finished outside of the top 10 with his time of 26:22.9 in 11^th while teammate Colby Robbins was right behind him at 12^th overall and a time of 26:24.3.
• Freshman Joe Lavelle was 18^th overall in the race with his time of 26:36.4 to round out the top-five runners for Elon.
 
Women's Recap
• The Elon women took its second team title of the year as freshman Kate Buerger was the runner-up overall in the 5K race with her time of 18:39.0. Hannah Miller was fourth for the maroon and gold with her time of 18:45.6.
• Julia Bell led three straight Phoenix runners at the tail end of the top 10 with her seventh-place standing with a time of 18:59.4. Quinn Smith was next in eighth overall and her time of 19:03.9 while Sarah Petitjean was ninth with a time of 19:05.0 to close out the top-five runners for the Phoenix.
 
On Deck
• The Phoenix travels to Virginia for the XC-23 NCAA Pre-Nationals in Charlottesville on Saturday, Oct. 14.
 
Men's Results – Elon 2^nd place (46 points)
5. Caden Strickland – 25:58.0
9. Nate Mars – 26:15.0
11. Daniel King – 26:22.9
12. Colby Robbins – 26:24.3
18. Joe Lavelle – 26:36.4
24. Spencer Hampton – 26:59.0
25. Braden Anthes – 27:04.2
26. Bryan Hampson – 27:08.4
27. Michael Koenig – 27:20.3
34. George Linney – 28:04.8
42. Logan Harding – 28:32.9
52. Garrison Gilbert – 30:10.8
61. Ramy Ghandour – 34:25.4
 
Women's Results – Elon 1^st place (25 points)
2. Kate Buerger – 18:39.0
4. Hannah Miller – 18:45.6
7. Julia Bell – 18:59.4
8. Quinn Smith – 19:03.9
9. Sarah Petitjean – 19:05.0
11. Hannah Weber – 19:17.1
15. Madi Galindo – 19:25.8
20. Cami Glebocki – 19:47.6
23. Braetan Peters – 20:02.8