ELON – The Elon men's and women's cross country teams begin postseason competition Friday at the Coastal Athletic Association Championships at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. The men's 8K race begins at 10 a.m. ET, followed by the women's 6K at 11 a.m. ET.
 
The Phoenix women enter as the defending conference champions and will pursue their seventh CAA title in eight years. Elon reclaimed the championship last fall after winning five consecutive titles from 2019-23.
 
MEET INFORMATION

• Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 30 | 10 a.m. ET (Men) | 11 a.m. ET (Women)
• Location: Farmingdale, New York | Bethpage State Park
• Host: CAA/Hofstra
• Men's Race: 8K
• Women's Race: 6K
• Live Results: EliteFeats.com
• Meet & Course Info: CAASports.com

 
WHAT TO KNOW – ELON WOMEN

• Elon brings four team victories into the postseason, having swept the Elon Opener, Queen City Invite, Richmond Invitational and Princeton Fall Classic. The Phoenix closed the regular season Oct. 16 by defeating three nationally ranked teams at Princeton: then-No. 24 Penn State, then-No. 25 Princeton and then-No. 29 Boston College.
• Senior Hannah Weber has finished among the top nine in all four races this fall and paced the Phoenix in its last two meets. She placed third at Richmond in 20:59.8 before finishing ninth at Princeton in 21:11.6.
• Senior Abby Beville has placed among the top 12 in every meet this season, including her second consecutive individual victory at the Elon Opener. She finished 12th at Princeton with a 6K time of 21:18.1.
• Freshmen Brynne Gordon and Millie Gold recorded collegiate-best 6K times at Princeton, placing 13th in 21:18.4 and 15th in 21:21.3, respectively. Gordon also owns the eighth-fastest 5K time in program history, a 17:23.8 from her runner-up finish at the Queen City Invite.
• Kate Buerger completed Elon's scoring five at Princeton with a 29th-place finish in 21:53.7, while Quinn Smith was 33rd in 21:59.3. The Phoenix's five scorers finished within 42.1 seconds of one another, and six Elon runners broke the 22-minute mark.
• Three Phoenix runners earned CAA weekly recognition during the regular season. Beville and Gordon received Co-Runner of the Week honors Sept. 8 and Sept. 15, respectively, while Weber was named Runner of the Week Oct. 6.
• Elon won the 2025 CAA championship with 28 points, finishing 40 ahead of runner-up William & Mary and producing a program-record seven All-CAA finishers. Five of those all-conference runners returned this season: reigning individual champion Katie Blount, Beville, Weber, Buerger and Smith. Beville and Weber placed third and fourth, respectively, in last year's championship race.

 
WHAT TO KNOW – ELON MEN

• Fifth-year Evan Taylor has led the Phoenix in all four meets this season. He finished 38th at Princeton in a season-best 25:08.2 as Elon placed 13th with 396 points.
• Taylor has lowered his time in each of his three 8K races this fall, progressing from 25:26.4 at Queen City to 25:18.5 at Richmond and 25:08.2 at Princeton. He previously earned All-CAA honors with a 13th-place finish at the 2024 conference championships.
• Juan Pablo Castillo-Zima was Elon's second finisher at Princeton, placing 86th in 25:48.0. Franklin Wimbish followed in 100th with a collegiate-best 25:57.7, improving on his previous best of 26:21.0 from Richmond.
• Josh Driscoll has been among Elon's scoring five in every meet this season. He finished 106th at Princeton in 26:03.2, his fastest 8K time of the fall.
• Sophomore Luke Chisum was the Phoenix's second finisher in each of the season's first two meets. He placed 11th at the Elon Opener before taking 26th at Queen City in 25:41.0. Elon's fourth-place team finish at Queen City was its best of the regular season.
• The Phoenix placed seventh at last year's CAA Championships. Castillo-Zima, Jack Kane and Chisum returned from that meet's scoring five, with Castillo-Zima finishing 39th and Kane taking 48th in the 2025 race.

 
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