Category archives for: Cross Country (W)

Tide ready for first home meet at Crimson Classic

Kelsey Johnson leads the Tide during a race last season. Alabama looks to shine as the Tide returns home for the Crimson Classic Saturday at 8:30 a.m. / Amanda Brackin

The Alabama cross country team will be running at home for the first time in the Crimson Classic this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The meet features usual conference foes such as Auburn, Tennessee and Georgia, as well as smaller regional schools like UAB and Samford. The meet will also feature high schools from the south, including [...]

Cross country team readies for Louisville Classic

The Alabama men’s and women’s cross country team will participate in the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic this Saturday at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. This meet will be the biggest the Crimson Tide has competed in this season, with more than 40 schools in attendance. The competition includes familiar conference foes such as [...]

Tide looks to build on success

The Alabama women’s cross country team is traveling to Nashville, Tenn., this Saturday to compete in the Commodore Classic. The 5-kilometer race is hosted by the Vanderbilt Commodores and will be held at Percy Warner Park in downtown Nashville. The Crimson Tide will compete in this event and two more before the SEC championships begin [...]

Tide finishes seventh in regionals

Junior Leigh Gilmore runs at the Crimson Classic earlier this season. The Alabama women's cross country team finished its season with a seveth-place finish at regionals this past weekend. / UA Athletics | Amelia J. Brackin

The Alabama women’s cross country team can call this past weekend’s NCAA Regional meet a success for two reasons. Firstly, the Crimson Tide came into the tournament ranked 10th in the region, but finished 7th out of 25 teams. Secondly, the team did so without one of its top runners, junior Kelsey Johnson, who finished [...]

After break, team heads to NCAA Regionals

After nearly two weeks off, the women’s cross country team will compete again this Saturday. This weekend the Tide will take five runners to Birmingham to compete in the NCAA Regional meet. Runners seem comforted by the meet’s near proximity and are ready to compete. “Like a normal meet, we’re just trying to get ready,” [...]

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