Ashland University's regionally-ranked cross country teams finished the 2026 regular season on Saturday (Oct. 24) morning at the Alabama Huntsville Chargers Invitational – and the Eagle sides put many top efforts out on the course.
The women's 6K saw the Eagles place eighth out of 38 teams with 279 points. Leading the team standings were champion Tampa (94 points), Catawba (105 points) and Lee, Tenn. (110 points).
Redshirt freshman
Reese Landis continued her standout first collegiate cross season with a 6K PR of 20:52.9, in finishing in third place individually. Sophomore
Ava Parrett's PR of 21:46.3 put her in 31
st place, while senior
Molly Coleman's PR of 22:01.7 had her in 42
nd.
Senior
Amandine Binet was 104
th in 22:47.9, and sophomore
Zuri Immel rounded out the AU women's top five with a PR of 22:56.1 and a 118
th-place ending.
On the men's side, the Eagles finished 15
th out of 40 teams in the 8K race with 390 points. Lee, Tenn. took the team title (26 points), followed by Charleston, W.Va. with 85 points, and Tampa with 107 points.
Junior
Wes Taylor paced the AU men's effort with a PR of 24:07, as he finished 10
th individually. Fifth-year
Braeden Geist also PRed on Saturday, crossing the finish line in 23
rd place in 24:23.9.
The Eagle men's top five was rounded out by junior
Isaiah Lanoy (62
nd, 24:53.0), sophomore
Samuel Thomas (183
rd, 25:57.9) and fifth-year
Daylen Madison (196
th, 26:06.9).
Ashland's men and women both were in the No. 9 spot in the
most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II regional cross country rankings.
With the regular season concluded, the Eagle men and women will turn their attention to the 2026 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships, Nov. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at Tiffin.
