SPARTANBURG, SC.-The University of West Georgia's men's and women's cross country teams, competes at the USC Upstate Invitational against top tier competition, including teams in the ACC, Sunbelt, SoCon, and ASUN in their final meet before the UAC Conference Championships. 

UWG was led by Reatta Danhof once again, crossing the line at 18:27.7 and secured a 40th place finish as an individual. Next to finish for the Wolves was Haley Hartman with a time of 20:18.9, and Linda Rivero was closely behind at 20:34.4. 

Jade Lawrence would record a personal best time of 20:44.6, with her previous fastest time being 22:28.0 at the Foothills Invitational.

Kezia Donaldson would round out UWG's top five finishers with a time of 21:11.8. The Wolves would finish with 660 team points and would end the meet in 21st place out of a field of 36 teams. 

On the men's side, Alex Njoroge finished first for UWG with a time of 25:14.5 and recorded another PR on the season. Njoroge already sat 10th in UWG school history in the 8k, but with this performance, he moved to 9th all time after passing Bob Hansen's time of 25:25.0 set in 1979. 

Noah Anderson was UWG's second finisher with a time of 25:28.4, and Solomon Johnson finished third for the Wolves at 26:02.3, which was a new personal best for him. Aiden Thaxton was the fourth finisher at 26:14.2, and Abenezer Woellore crossed the finish line at 26:47.0 to round out the top five with a time of 26:54.3. 

Freshman Cash Driggers set a personal best with a time of 29:18.8, fellow freshman Jackson Harrell also recorded a personal best at the USC Upstate Invitational with a time of 27:23.9. 

UWG now sets their sights on the UAC Conference Championships in Richmond, Kentucky on October 30th.