CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's cross country teams hosted the Royals Cross Country Challenge in their final home meet of the season. The Royals' men's team earned 326 points to finish in 12th place, while the women's team finished 11th overall with 347 points.

Women's 5000m

• Simone Mouras — 7th — 17:29.1
• Madeline Labay — 76th — 18:59.7
• Olivia Martinec — 80th — 19:05.7
• Natalie Dempsey — 116th — 19:37.5
• Lina Mills-Zacapa — 123rd — 19:41.8
• Gianna Mars — 128th — 19:46.3
• Rowan Shannon — 134th — 19:56.2
• Leah Grossi — 164th — 20:30.5
• Bergan Pinkley — 209th — 22:33.6
• Brynn Fogarty — 215th — 22:58.3

Men's 8000m

• Preston Gantt — 28th — 24:55.0
• Bailey Horvath — 75th — 25:39.8
• Casey Claassen — 83rd — 25:51.7
• Oliver Cooper — 90th — 25:56.9
• Chris Novak — 118th — 26:18.9
• Jenan Craggs — 175th — 27:19.6
• Luke Collins — 179th — 27:24.0
• Drew Gregorio — 218th — 28:31.7
• Jackson Ruff — 223rd — 28:41.4

Here is what head coach, Will Crocker stated after the meet, "I am extremely pleased with the way the team went out and executed the race plan today. We've had a tough last 4 weeks of training and it all paid off with a lot of personal bests from both the men and women tonight."

Senior Preston Gantt led the Royals' men with a 28th-place finish, while Simone Mouras paced the women's squad with an impressive seventh-place result. Milligan captured the men's team title with 70 points, and Catawba secured the women's team victory with 66 points.

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The Royals will head on the road to compete against USC Upstate on Oct. 17th.