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Cross-country teams struggle during Alabama’s Crimson Classic

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Sports

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy men’s cross-country team finished 12th at the Crimson Classic on Friday, while the women’s team finished 30th — the teams’ last meet of the regular season. The Trojan men raced in a field of 26 Division I teams, while the women finished last in their 6k race. The Alabama Crimson Tide hosted the meet and finished second and fifth overall in the men’s and women’s races, respectively. Sophomore Brackin Stewart was the leading runner for Troy in the men’s 8k race with a time…

Men’s cross-country places 2nd, again

October 5, 2017October 4, 2017 Sports

Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy men’s cross-country team finished second, and the women’s team finished seventh at the JSU Foothills Invitational in Oxford, Alabama, on Saturday. Sophomore Bradley Dixon led the men’s team in the 8k race with a time of 25:33.10, which was good enough to finish fifth out of 61 runners from Division I schools. Teammate and junior Brackin Stewart finished just behind Dixon in sixth with a time of 25:34.80. Behind them, Sawyer Sprung, Brennan Garriques and Daniel Glick finished in the top 11, contributing to…

Cross country women place 16th in Gainesville, Fla.

September 28, 2017September 27, 2017 Sports

Scott Shelton Contributor The Troy women’s cross country team finished 16th of 32 teams at the Mountain Dew Cross Country Invitational on Saturday hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Christie Caruana led the Trojans with a time of 18:43.3 and an average mile time of 6:02.8, good enough to finish 25th of more than 300 runners in the 5K. Caruana, a freshman, has led the women’s team at all three meets this season, and this meet was also her third-straight finish of 25th or better. Behind…

Men’s cross country races into its second straight top-two finish

September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 Sports

Scott Shelton Contributor The Troy men’s cross country team finished second while the women placed sixth at the Mountain to Sea Duals hosted by Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Of the nine men’s teams, the Trojans finished second only to the University of North Carolina, the only Power 5 school in the competition. The women had a tougher day, but did manage to finish ahead of Georgia State, one of three other Sun Belt teams in the women’s race. The men’s team beat Appalachian State, the defending champion…

Both Trojan XC teams pull off top-3 showings in season opener

September 7, 2017September 6, 2017 Sports

Michael Shipma Sports Editor Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams raced out to top-three team finishes in their season-opening meet at the Struts Season Opener in Oxford. Friday’s meet, hosted by Jacksonville State, saw the Trojans leading the way in non-Power 5 schools in a field that featured Georgia Tech and Alabama. The men’s team secured second place in its 5k race, while the women finished in third. For the men, junior Sawyer Sprung led the way for Troy with his seventh-place finish and a time of…