NCF Cross Country Set For Sun Conference Championships

NCF Men's and Women's Cross Country will travel to Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday for the 2025 Sun Conference Championships, seeking spots in the NAIA National Championship.

The Men will run an 8K Race at 8:45 a.m. EST while the Women will run a 6K race at 8 a.m.

IMPORTANT LINKS

Sun Conference Championships Page

LIVE RESULTS

Of Note

NCF finished its inaugural regular season on Oct. 17 at the Ed Holloway XC Classic at Lakeland's Holloway Park. The men finished 7th out of 8 teams, finishing ahead of NCAA DII Eckerd, while a season-high four women participated.
Natheer Suied paced the NCF Men running a season-best 8K 28:03, finishing 36th overall and the best among NAIA runners. Xavier Rivera-Melendez finished right behind Suied in 41st place as he ran a season-best 28:30. Andrew Rodriguez ran a 30:38 to finish in 59th, Owen Euler finished at 30:45 to place in 62nd, Alex Llanos finished at 32:02, placing in 69th, while Pierce Mihailoff rounded out the Mighty Banyan men at 35:03, finishing in 74th place.
On the women's side, Arianna Childs placed 45th at 27:12, while Abigail Retberg finished in 61st at 31:19.
Both Genevieve Michal and Naomi Nerlien completed their first race of the season as Michal finished 67th at 41:58 and Nerlien placed 71st at 48:03.
Suied and Childs were named the Men's and Women's Sun Conference Runner of the Week the following Monday, becoming the first two weekly award winners in program history.