Petersburg, VA – After running in the heat for the last three weeks, the Regent University Men's and Women's Cross Country team was gifted with a cool late September breeze on Friday afternoon at the VSU XC Challenge hosted by Virginia State University.  The Royals took advantage of the weather to, once again, deliver strong performances as the Women finished 2nd overall, while the Men came in 3rd overall, to go along with four Top 10 finishes (Two Women and Two Men). Today's results are below. 

Women 5K

6th Sophomore Louise Monga-Rochard (Toano, VA) 22:32.5 

8th Freshman Mia Vis (Worthington, MN) 22:49.7 

11th Freshman Elliana Rife (Chambersburg, PA) 23:17.6 

12th Senior Samantha Bodnar (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) 23:47.6 

19th Sophomore Gabrielle Butler (New Kent, VA) 25:42.2 

27th Senior Jordana Foose (Chesterfield, VA) 29:01.4 

Men 8K 

 6th Freshman Geremiah DelValle (Williamsburg, VA) 29:07.1 

10th Junior Thomas Slingluff (Suffolk, VA) 30:43.9 

17th Freshman Randy Wood (Virginia Beach, VA) 32:57.2 

24th Sophomore Bryce Nearman (Stafford, VA) 35:28.4 

28th Sophomore Creighton Hartsell (Newport News, VA) 36:51.2 

Regent will be back in action on Saturday, October 3rd when they travel to Maryland to compete in the Don Cathcart Invitational at Salisbury University.