Kurtz, Barber Lead Spiders at A-10 Championships

Saturday, November 2

Mechanicsville, Va.

10:00 a.m. (W) / 10:50 a.m. (M)

University of Richmond

Atlantic 10 Championships

Kurtz and Barber at 2024 A-10 XC Championships

Photo by: 2024 Sideline Media

11/02/2024 | Cross Country

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. – The University of Richmond's men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Atlantic 10 Championships at Pole Green Park this morning. The women finished 7^th and the men finished 12^th. Highlighting the day was senior Laurel Kurtz who earned First Team All-Atlantic 10.

Kurtz led the women, finishing in the top-ten with an 8^th place finish and a personal best of 20:54.6.

Junior Mollie Fenn followed, finishing 26th with a time of 21:29.1.

Freshman Hallie Muniz also achieved a personal best, placing 61^st with a time of 22:06.2. Junior Paige Joyce finished 64^th in 22:08.5, while Brooke Reif (67^th, 22:11.9) and freshman Avery Beike (70^th, 22:14.2) rounded out the teams finish.

For the men, freshman Brady Barber led the way finishing at a personal best 25:07.1 to place 47^th. Barber finished in the top eight among the freshman in today's race.

Junior Henry Haase placed 58^th with a time of 25:20.2, followed by sophomore Eric Scully in 76^th (25:36.4), junior William Marhold in 87^th (25:48.4) and sophomore Josh Gray finished 103^rd (26:08.7).

Up next for the Spiders is the NCAA Southeast Regional set for Friday, November 15 in Rock Hill, S.C.