ELON, N.C. – The 2024 NCAA Southeast Regionals is next up on the docket for the Elon men's and women's cross country programs as the Phoenix will race on Friday morning, Nov. 15, at the Winthrop Farm course.
 
The women's 6K race begins the meet at 10:30 a.m. followed by the men's 10K at 11:30 a.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
• Live results will be provided and can be found on the Elon cross country schedule page at elonphoenix.com.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Date: Friday, November 15
Location: Winthrop Farm, Rock Hill, S.C.
Time: Women's 6k – 10:30 a.m. • Men's 10k – 11:30 a.m.
Elon Men Competing: Braden Anthes, Josh Driscoll, Ian Johnson, Jack Kane, Nate Mars, Caden Strickland and Evan Taylor
Elon Women Competing: Abby Beville, Karla Hiss, Mikayla Jones, Mariana Martinez, Sarah Petitjean, Madison Synowiec and Hannah Weber.
 
ABOUT THE FIELD
• Arguably one of the deepest regions in the country, the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional Championship will feature Division I teams from Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. In total, 44 schools will be represented in Rock Hill on Friday.
• Four nationally ranked teams will be featured at the meet on the women's side in North Carolina (13), Virginia (15), NC State (17) and Furman (22). On the men's side, five teams are nationally ranked in Wake Forest (5), North Carolina (11), Virginia (13), Furman (22) and Eastern Kentucky (24).
• Regionally on the women's side, William & Mary (12) and Elon (13) are the only two teams from the CAA ranked in the top 15 of the Southeast Region. The Tribe are the lone team ranked regionally on the men's side from the CAA with a 14^th ranking.
• The top two teams in both the Men's and Women's races in each of the nine regions will advance to the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wis. on Saturday, November 23. 13 additional teams from around the nation will be selected at-large in each gender to finalize the 31-team championship field. Finally, the top four individuals on non-advancing teams in each region will earn selection to the national meet.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Elon hosted the 2024 CAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 1 at the Elon Cross Country Course.
• In the men's 8K race, the Phoenix was fifth overall with 127 points. Evan Taylor led the maroon and gold men with his time of 25:18.10. The redshirt sophomore finished 13^th overall to become the first Elon male runner to receive All-CAA accolades since Zane Jackson and Andrew Miller in 2022.
• Caden Strickland was five spots out from also earning All-CAA honors as the junior was 20th with his time of 25:49.10. It's the fifth time that Strickland has finished among the top two runners for the Phoenix this season.
• In the women's 6K, Mikayla Jones, Hannah Weber and Abby Beville all finished in the top 15 to earn All-CAA accolades. It was the first All-CAA recognition for all three runners as they helped pace the maroon and gold to a third place standing with 63 points.
• Jones was fifth overall in the women's 6K race with her time of 20:52.40. Fellow All-CAA performer Weber was next for the Phoenix with her time of 21:21.50 in her first-ever league championship meet. She was 11th overall in the race.
• Beville was third for the Phoenix as the sophomore ran a time of 21:22.80 while earning all-league recognition with her 12th-place finish.
 
UP NEXT
The 2024 DI men's and women's cross country selection show will air on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. ET live on NCAA.com.