Full Results
SALEM, Va. - Both cross country teams wrapped up the 2025 campaign at the NCAA South Regional today.
"This team is very young- all freshmen and sophomores plus one senior ran today- and they have grown so much this season." Head Coach
Kaitlyn Carringer-Adams said. "Our goal this year was to come together as a team and to progress and get in the record books. They did all of this plus more. I'm proud of this group and blessed to have them apart of this growing program."
On the women's side, the team scored their best finish at a regional, beating their previous best by 34 points, placing 19th overall. The team tied their best overall finish at Regionals, and had their 3rd best team average at Regionals in school history.
Megan Shinn finished with the 3rd best time at a regional in Scots history, while
Catherine Money and
Maddie Adair both finished with PRs. Overall for the Scots, this was their 6th best team average time in team history.
"I think overall the season went very well." Sophomore
Megan Shinn noted. "Everyone continued to improve and set PRs. We ran a team average time that was in the top five of all MC women's teams, which I think shows amazing progress throughout the season. The race today was very competitive, but I think everyone did a good job of pushing themselves. Personally, I was kind of struggling during the race, so it felt incredible to find out that my time ended up being the 3rd fastest for MC at Regionals! I think today's race was a great way to end the season, and our performances really reflected all the hard work the team has put in."
Some notes on the women's team from this season:
• Team ran 3rd best team average time at a conference championships in MC history
• Team ran 5th best team avg time in MC history
Megan Shinn
• #10 best time in MC history in the 6k
• #4 top performer in MC history in 6k
• 1st Team All-CCS
• 3rd best time in MC history at conference championships
Addison Goodwin
• #7 top performer in MC history in 6k
• Rookie of the Week Award
• 1st Team All-CCS
On the men's side, it was a performance for the record books. The team finished with their best average time in school history, while tying their best finish ever at a regional at 17th place. The team also had their best team average time at Regionals at 27:53, beating their previous best by over two minutes, while also finishing with their best score as a team with 469 points.
James LeNeve,
Steve Cope, and Collin Baker all finished the race with PRs, and LeNeve had the 3rd best individual time at Regionals in MC history.
"Overall our team has become one close family and I believe that's helped everyone strive to be better". Leneve said. "Today's race plan was to just leave it all out on the course with no regrets. I give all glory to God."
Some season notes for the men's team:
• Runner up conference champions (best placement since 2008)
• Best team avg time at conference championships
• School record for best team time average (27:53, beat the previous record 5 times this season bringing it down 1 min 46 sec)
• Won first race since 2007
• 4th best score for MC (46 pts) and 5th best score (53 pts)
James LeNeve
• 7th best time for 8k in MC history
• 4th best time for 6k in MC history
• 3rd best performer in 8k in MC history
• 2nd Team All-CCS
Adyn Elliot
• School record for 6k
• 7th best performer in 8k history for MC
• 2nd Team All-CCS
Tyler Tangel
• 2nd best 6k time in MC history,
• 5th best performer in 8k history for MC
• 1st Team All-CCS
Steve Cope
• 5th best time for 6k in MC history
• 8th best performer in 8k in MC history
• 2nd Team All-CCS
Paul Kanios
• 7th best 6k time in MC history
• 10th best performer in 8k in MC history
Kameron Kearney
• 9th best time in 6k for MC history
