The Wesleyan Cross Country Program participated in the Bethany Invitational hosted by Bethany College. The Women's XC team, who was lead by Junior
Leigha Hall, came in 6th place after her personal best performance in the 6K. The Men's XC team who were lead by Junior
Evan Pyles, came in 5th place behind his very impressive performance.
The Bobcats Women's XC team participated in the 6k run during this invitational. The Bobcats were lead by
Leigha Hall who set a new personal record by running a 23:17.4. 25 seconds better then her previous personal record and allowing her to come in 8th out of 172 runners. Hall was followed by
Marimo Akita and
Mariam Al'Zoubi who ran 25:25.5 and 25:41.1. These performances led them to a 6th place finish out of the 20 schools who competed.
The Bobcats Men XC team participated in the 8k during the Bethany Invitational. The Bobcat's were led by
Evan Pyles who came in 11th out of 190 running, finishing with a time of 26:44.8. Pyles was followed by his teammates
Kent Niland,
Elijah Hannig, and
Cade Robinson who finished with times of 26:59.6, 27:30.6, and 27:30.9. These performances led to the Bobcats finishing 5th overall out of the 20 schools who competed in the invitational.
The Wesleyan Bobcats will continue their 2023 campaign by competing in the Concord XC Festival in Pipestem, West Virginia on September 15th.
