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Cross Country

ODAC Cross Country Report: Week 4

ODAC cross country programs competed in four meets around the region with seven schools in action in Week Four.

  • adidas XC Challenge (Men: 6K | Women: 5K)
    • Meet Results
    • Competing Programs: Lynchburg
    • ODAC Men's Best: Alex Jordan, LYN – 16th at 18:30.4 (4:57.8 pace)
    • ODAC Women's Best: Adelynn Carpenter, LYN – 62nd at 18:16.6 (5:52.9 pace)
  • Bridgewater Cross Country Invitational (Men: 8K | Women: 6K)
    • Meet Results
    • Competing Programs: BC, EMU, H-SC, SBC
    • ODAC Men's Best: Gabe Miller, BC – 1st at 27:16.9 (5:29.3 pace)
    • ODAC Women's Best: Olivia Morra, BC – 1st at 23:27.4 (6:17.5 pace)
  • Division III Pre-Nationals (Men: 8K)
    • Meet Results
    • Competing Programs: Washington and Lee (men only)
    • ODAC Men's Best: Sam Daunt, WLU – 5th at 24:49.7 (4:59.7 pace)
  • Yeti Invitational (Men: 8K | Women: 5K)
    • Meet Results
    • Competing Programs: Guilford
    • ODAC Men's Best: Jeremy Harway, GC – 18th at 35:51.7 (7:12.8 pace)
    • ODAC Women's Best: Piper Campbell, GC – 6th at 24:09.4 (7:46.5 pace)


ODAC Top Times Reports: MXC | WXC

  • OLIVIA MORRA | BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
    Morra, a first-year from Spotsylvania, Va., collects her second ODAC weekly honor of the season after winning the Bridgewater Cross Country Invitational hosted by the Eagles at the site of the upcoming ODAC Cross Country Championships. Morra used a 6:17.5 per-mile pace to complete the 6K course in 23:27.4, winning the event by 54.6 seconds over the second-place finisher. Morra's time is the fastest 6K mark in the ODAC this season.

    Bridgewater finished first among four squads in the team table with 23 points.

  • SAM DAUNT | WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
    Daunt, a sophomore from Haymarket, Va., collects his second ODAC weekly award of the season after placing fifth at the Division III Pre-Nationals hosted at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, S.C., home of the 2025 Division III Cross Country Championships in November. Daunt and his Washington and Lee teammates carried the ODAC banner in the field of 132 runners. Daunt used a 4:59.7 per-mile pace to post a 24:49.7 time on the 8K course, just 20 seconds back of race-winner BJ Sorg from North Central College. Daunt's time is the best 8K mark in the ODAC this season.

    Washington and Lee, ranked 18th in the country by the USTFCCCA, finished third as a team with 82 points. The Generals trailed sixth-ranked North Central (59) and 17th-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (63).

Sam Daunt
Olivia Morra