As the season dawned in late August, steady improvement was the goal for head coach Althea Thomas’ third year at the helm of a historically weak program. Three months later, with the season over, the extent to which that goal was accomplished is an open question. With only three regular-season meets, the SEC Championships and.
Country teams. Both teams competed at the NCAA South Region Championships, hosted by the University of Florida at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla. The men’s team struggled to find its footing, finishing the event in 14th place, as the women’s squad fared slightly better with a 12th place finish. The men’s team.
After a disappointing outing at the Belmont Opener, the men and women of Vanderbilt Cross Country traveled to Gainesville last Friday, Sept. 15, for the Mountain Dew Invitational hosted by the University of Florida. Showing resilience and bouncing back against tough competition following the lackluster opener, the women’s team finished 2nd out of 14 teams,.
Vanderbilt Cross Country began the 2023 season on Friday with a trip to nearby Percy Warner Park to compete in the Belmont Opener. The regional five-kilometer event where the women’s team finished first and the men in second last season pitted the Commodores against Bellarmine, Belmont, Dalton State, Lipscomb, Murray State, Presbyterian, Southern Illinois, Tennessee.