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NORTH CAROLINA AT NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. NOV. 10, 2017
Head Coach: Mark VanAlstyne Twitter: @UNCCoachV Men's Competitors Jeremy Brown Logan Carroll Jake McEneaney Brodie Modini Mark Myers Mitch Resor Matt Thornton
So. R-Jr. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. So.
Women's Competitors Caroline Alcorta Sr. Emma Astrike-Davis R-Jr. Mady Clahane So. Erin Edmundson So. Casey Greenwalt R-Jr. Morgan Ilse Jr. Lindsey Lanier Fr.
Raleigh, N.C. Gig Harbor, Wash. Naperville, Ill. Queensland, Australia Lake Forest, Ill. Charlotte, N.C. Cary, N.C. Springfield, Va. Durham, N.C. Mechanicsburg, Pa. Prospect, Ky. Asheville, N.C. Dunwoody, Ga. Charlotte, N.C.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG Women's Race: 10:30 a.m. Men's Race: 11:30 a.m. Live Results: http://flashresults.com/2018_Meets/ xc/NCAASE/ Other Information: GoHeels.com Hashtags: #GoHeels #TarHeelXC Twitter: @UNCTrack_Field Instagram: @UNCTrack_Field Facebook: /unctrackfield
NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL NOTES • Top-25 finishers earn All-Region honors • The top-two teams advance to the NCAA Championships held in Louisivlle, Ky., Nov. 18 • The top-four individual finishers whose teams do not finish in the top two will qualify for the NCAA Championship meet • Caroline Alcorta earned All-Region honors in 2015 after finishing 14th at the Southeast Regional held in Charlottesville, Va. She narrowly missed earning All-Region honors her freshman year (2014) after finishing 26th at the regional meet held in Louisville, Ky. • In 2016, the Tar Heel men finished 12th and the women finished 14th at the Southeast Regional held in Charlottesville, Va. MORGAN ILSE AND CAROLINE ALCORTA NAMED ALL-ACC Junior Morgan Ilse earned All-ACC honors for the second time in her career and Caroline Alcorta earned the distinction for the third time as the two finished 11th (20:26.3) and 12th (20:27.6), respectively, at the 2017 ACC Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Ky, on Oct. 27. The men’s and women’s squads both finished 11th in the meet. The duo ran aggressively from the start, jumping out to the front at the gun and sticking with the lead pack through the first two kilometers. The leaders would eventually separate, but Alcorta, a native of Springfield, Va., and Ilse, a native of Dunwoody, Ga., stuck together and kept pushing one another down the stretch. Jeremy Brown continued to lead the Tar Heels on the men’s side as he finished 50th in 24:35.4. ALCORTA NAMED ACC PERFORMER OF THE WEEK North Carolina’s Caroline Alcorta was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week on Oct. 18. Alcorta, a senior from Springfield, Va., finished fourth out of 177 runners in a field that included four ranked teams at the Penn State National on Oct. 13. She notched a 6k personal best of 20:26 in what was just her second meet of the season. Alcorta has racked up honors from the conference throughout her career. She was named the performer of the week in 2016 after winning the Adidas XC 5k Challenge with a time of 16:42.4, she was All-ACC in 2015 after finishing 12th at the ACC Cross Country Championships and she was named ACC Freshman of the Year in 2014 after helping lead the Tar Heels to their first ACC Championship in 11 seasons where she finished 17th. PENN STATE NATIONAL RECAP Caroline Alcorta and Morgan Ilse finished four-five out of 177 runners at the Penn State National on Oct. 13 in State College, Pa. Both had 6k personal bests on the day with Alcorta finishing in 20:26 and Ilse right behind in 20:29. They led the University of North Carolina women’s cross country team to a 9th-place finish out of 17 teams. The men’s squad also finished 9th out of 14 teams. In the final regular-season meet, both Alcorta and Ilse looked to be nearing peak form just two weeks out of the ACC Championships. It was Ilse’s second-straight top-10 finish in a nationally-competitive meet, and Alcorta looked to be in the best shape of her career since finishing All-ACC and All-Region in 2015. Jeremy Brown was the top finisher for the men in 32nd with a time of 26:11.
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat.
DATE Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 Oct. 13 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 18
MEET Elon Opener Mountains to Sea Open Louisville Classic Penn State National ACC XC Championships NCAA Southeast Regional NCAA XC Championships
SITE Elon, N.C. Boone, N.C. Louisville, Ky. State College, Pa. Louisville, Ky. Charlottesville, Va. Louisville, Ky.
RESULT/TIME Men - 2nd of 10 | Women - 2nd of 12 Men - 1st of 9 | Women - 1st of 10 Men - 15th of 30 | Women - 14th of 37 Men - 9th of 14 | Women - 9th of 17 Men - 11th of 15 | Women - 11th of 15 Women - 10:30 a.m. | Men - 11:30 a.m. TBA
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S RESULTS Elon Opener • 4K Sep. 2, 2017 • Elon, N.C. Mady Clahane 14:47 Erin Edmunson 14:52 Casey Greenwalt 14:53 Blair Ramsey 14:55 Lindsey Lanier 15:19 Emma Astrike-Davis 15:22 Ashley Smith 15:31 Team: 2nd of 12 62 points Mountains To Sea Open • 5K Sept. 16, 2017 • Boone, N.C. Morgan Ilse 17:31.61 Mady Clahane 17:42.94 Casey Greenwalt 17:59.01 Lindsey Lanier 18:08.84 Erin Edmunson 18:11.44 Emma Astrike-Davis 18:11.58 Blair Ramsey 18:13.34 Blake Dodge 18:38.13 Ashley Smith 18:45.98 Team: 1st of 10 27 points
5th 10th 11th 13th 23rd 24th 27th
1st 2nd 6th 9th 11th 12th 13th 23rd 26th
Louisville Classic • 5K Sept. 30, 2017 • Louisville, Ky, Morgan Ilse 16:51.17 Caroline Alcorta 17:18.07 Mady Clahane 17:56.54 Erin Edmundson 18:06.39 Emma Astrike-Davis 18:30.26 Casey Greenwalt 17:59.01 Blair Ramsey 18:40.45 Lindsey Lanier 18:42.90 Ashley Smith 18:47.47 Blake Dodge 19:11.67 Team: 14th of 37 408 points Penn State National • 6K Oct. 13, 2017 • State College, Pa. Caroline Alcorta 20:26 Morgan Ilse 20:29 Mady Clahane 21:40 Erin Edmundson 22:01 Blake Dodge 22:29 Lindsey Lanier 22:30 Casey Greenwalt 22:42 Ashley Smith 23:06 Team: 9th of 17 233 points
9th 33rd 102nd 121st 169th 171st 194th 201st 215th 266th
ACC Championships • 6K Oct. 27, 2017 • Louisville, Ky. Morgan Ilse 20:26.3 Caroline Alcorta 20:27.6 Mady Clahane 21:56.9 Erin Edmundson 21:58.6 Casey Greenwalt 22:21.7 Lindsey Lanier 22:28.8 Emma Astrike-Davis 22:35.5 Ashley Smith 23:03.8 Blake Dodge 23:05.2 Team: 11th of 15 with 244 points
11th* 12th* 71st 73rd 88th 93rd 97th 114th 115th *All-ACC
NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K Nov. 10. 2017 • Charlottesville, Va. 4th 5th 60th 86th 116th 118th 132nd 145th
NCAA Championships• 6K Nov. 18. 2017 • Louisville, Ky.
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY WOMEN'S RESULTS Elon Opener • 6K Sep. 2, 2017 • Elon, N.C. Mitch Resor 18:30 Logan Carroll 18:45 Brandon Tubby 18:53 Alex Milligan 18:56 Matt Thornton 19:06 Mark Myers 19:18 Luke Peterson 19:28 Brodie Modini 19:37 Carl Geiger 19:48 Team: 2nd of 10 41 points Mountains To Sea Open • 8K Sept. 16, 2017 • Boone, N.C. Mitch Resor 25:33.61 Jeremy Brown 25:34.64 Mark Myers 25:36.12 Logan Carroll 25:43.48 Matt Thornton 25:44.40 Brandon Tubby 26:23.31 Jake McEneaney 26:29.03 Luke Peterson 27:00.39 Brodie Modini 28:04.08 Team: 1st of 9 24 points
5th 7th 8th 9th 12th 13th 18th 21st 28th
2nd 3rd 4th 8th 9th 19th 20th 26th 47th
Louisville Classic • 8K Sept. 30, 2017 • Louisville, Ky, Jeremy Brown 24:50.20 Logan Carroll 25:02.39 Mark Myers 25:18.77 Matt Thornton 25:23.12 Mitch Resor 25:27.58 Jake McEneaney 25:57.16 Brodie Modini 25:59.10 Brandon Tubby 26:18.16 Luke Peterson 27:17.07 Team: 15th of 30 473 points Penn State National • 5.2 miles Oct. 13, 2017 • State College, Pa. Jeremy Brown 26:11 Matt Thornton 26:17 Mark Myers 26:24 Mitch Resor 26:40 Logan Carroll 26:49 Brodie Modini 27:04 Jake McEneaney 27:08 Luke Peterson 28:02 Carl Geiger 28:12 Team: 9th of 14 228 points
72nd 90th 122nd 129th 135th 173th 175th 199th 234th
32nd 38th 43rd 61st 68th 80th 86th 115th 117th
ACC Championships • 8K Oct. 27, 2017 • Louisville, Ky. Jeremy Brown 24:35.4 Logan Carroll 24:49.5 Jake McEneaney 25:03.4 Mitch Resor 25:09.4 Matt Thornton 25:09.8 Mark Myers 25:10.6 Brodie Modini 25:34.0 Luke Peterson 25:57.3 Brandon Tubby DNF Team: 11th of 15 with 315 points NCAA Southeast Regional • 10K Nov. 10. 2017 • Charlottesville, Va.
NCAA Championships • 10K Nov. 18. 2017 • Louisville, Ky.
50th 64th 73rd 77th 78th 79th 95th 109th
MITCH RESOR NAMED ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK North Carolina’s Mitch Resor was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Week on Sept. 20th. Resor, a redshirt freshman from Charlotte, N.C., had his second top-five finish in as many meets as he led the Tar Heels to a 49-point victory in the Mountains to Sea Open on Sept. 16 He finished the 8k race in 25:33.61, taking second place. In his first meet, Resor finished fifth in 18:30 at the Elon Opener, and in both meets Resor was the top Tar Heel finisher. Resor is the first Tar Heel to earn the award, now in its second year. MOUNTAINS TO SEA OPEN RECAP The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s cross country teams each claimed impressive top finishes at the Mountains to Sea Open in Boone, N.C., on Sept. 16. The men won by 49 points, and the women won by 33 points. The Tar Heel women were led by junior Morgan Ilse, who won the 5k meet with a time of 17:13.61 in her first time racing this season. Redshirt freshmen Mitch Resor, Jeremy Brown and Mark Myers went 2-3-4 in the 8k race, helping the men to an easy victory in their last local meet before facing national competition at the Louisville Classic in two weeks. Resor finished in 25:33.61, Brown finished just a second behind in 25:34.64 and Myers finished in 25:36.12. Veteran Logan Carroll took eighth in 25:43.48, and Matt Thornton completed the dominate win as he finished ninth in 25:44.40. ELON OPENER RECAP The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s cross country teams finished second at the Elon Opener in Elon, N.C., on Sept. 2. The men faced a talented Campbell team but were able to run a controlled race, and the women showed their ability despite competing without their top two runners, Caroline Alcorta and Morgan Ilse. Mitch Resor, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., led Carolina in his first cross country meet as a Tar Heel, running 18:30 and finishing 5th in the 6k race. Junior Logan Carroll (Gig Harbor, Wash.), sophomore Brandon Tubby (Hillsborough, N.J.) and sophomore Alex Milligan (State College, Pa.) all finished just behind Resor to take seventh, eighth and ninth places. Carroll ran 18:45, Tubby finished in 18:53 and Milligan ran 18:56. Sophomore Matt Thornton (Cary, N.C.) rounded out the scoring for the Tar Heels, finishing 12th in 19:06. On the women’s side, Mady Clahane, a sophomore from Mechanicsburg, Pa., finished fifth in 14:57 to lead the Tar Heels in the 4k race.
2017 MEN'S XC ROSTER Name Yr. Andrew Brooks Fr. Jeremy Brown So. Logan Carroll R-Jr. Carl Geiger Sr. Jake McEneaney Fr. Alex Milligan R-Fr. Sam Miner R-Sr. Brodie Modini R-Fr. Ian Moini Fr. Mark Myers So. Connor Peeples R-Fr. Henry Pehr R-Fr. Luke Peterson R-Fr. Christian Pigues Fr. Mitch Resor R-Fr. Matt Thornton So. Brandon Tubby So.
Hometown High School/Previous School Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Gig Harbor, Wash. Gig Harbor Apex, N.C. Apex Naperville, Ill. Neuqua Valley State College, Pa. State College Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill Queensland, Australia Princeton, N.J. Pennington School Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest Raleigh, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons Cary, N.C. Green Hope Treasure Island, Fla. Shorecrest Preparatory School Los Angeles, Calif. Rolesville Charlotte, N.C. Weddington Cary, N.C. Cary Hillsborough, N.J. Hillsborough
2017 WOMEN'S XC ROSTER Name Yr. Caroline Alcorta Sr. Emma Astrike-Davis R-Jr. Charlotte Bassett Fr. Mady Clahane So. Blake Dodge Sr. Erin Edmundson So. Casey Greenwalt R-Jr. Morgan Ilse Jr. Madeline Kraft Fr. Lindsey Lanier Fr. Kathryn Mayo Fr. Lauren Moody R-Jr. Blair Ramsey So. Tasha Regan So. Ashley Smith So.
Hometown High School/Previous School Springfield, Va. West Springfield Durham, N.C. Cary Academy Melbourne, Austrailia The MacRobertson's Girls' High School Mechanicsburg, Pa. Cumberland Valley Beaufort, N.C. West Carteret Prospect, Ky. North Oldham Asheville, N.C. TC Roberson Dunwoody, Ga. Marist Winston-Salem, N.C. Mount Tabor Charlotte, N.C. Providence Senior Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle Asheville, N.C. T.C. Roberson Greensboro, N.C. Grimsley Huntersville, N.C. Hopewell Clemmons, N.C. West Forsyth
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
LOUISVILLE CLASSIC RECAP Morgan Ilse finished ninth out of 328 runners in 16:51.17 at the Louisville Classic on Sept. 30 in Louisville, Ky., a race billed as the nation’s largest cross country meet. Ilse helped the University of North Carolina women’s cross country team to a 14th-place finish out of 37 teams. The men’s squad finished 15th out of 30 teams. The meet lived up to the billing with 328 runners competing in the women’s 5k race and 262 running in the men’s 8k. Caroline Alcorta made her season debut in the race, finishing 33rd in 17:18.07. However, it was Morgan Ilse who stole the show with a 40-second 5k personal best and a top-10 finish in one of the nation’s most competitive regular-season races of the season. Ilse won the Mountains to Sea Open two weeks prior, leading the Tar Heels to a team victory in the meet. On the men’s side, Jeremy Brown led the Tar Heels, finishing in 72nd with a time of 24:50.20.
2014 UNC Cross Country Statistics Covered Bridge Invite • 5K Aug. 29, 2014 • Boone, N.C. Caroline Alcorta, 18:24.16, 2nd Hannah Christen, 18:27.63, 4th Josette Norris, 18:32.68, 5th Doria Kosmala, 19:34.93, 16th Emma Astrike-Davis, 19:37.39, 17th Mattie Webb, 19:40.41, 18th Caroline O’Hea, 19:52.79, 21st Grace Morken, 19:57.33, 23rd Kylie McCoy, 20:50.81, 43rd Team Finish: 2nd 44 points Virginia Tech Alumni Invite • 6K Sept. 19, 2014 • Blacksburg. Va. Lizzy Whelan, 21:11, 2nd Karley Rempel, 21:13.9, 4th Caroline Alcorta, 21:20, 5th Hannah Christen, 21:38.4, 8th Josette Norris, 21:53, 12th Emma Astrike-Davis, 22:26.6, 22nd Doria Kosmala, 22:29, 24th Grace Morken, 22:48.5, 31st Mattie Blue, 22:48.9, 32nd Mattie Webb, 23:07.7, 37th Team Finish: 2nd, 31 points Roy Griak Invitational • 6K Sept. 27, 2014 • Minneapolis, Minn. Lianne Farber, 21:31, 10th Annie LeHardy, 21:37, 13th Caroline Alcorta, 22:06, 29th Lizzy Whelan, 22:33, 60th Karley Rempel, 22:35, 62nd Josette Norris, 23:04, 89th Hannah Christen, 23:36, 127th Team Finish: 3rd, 174 points Wisconsin Invitational • 6K Oct. 17, 2014 • Madison, Wis. Lianne Farber, 20:27, 27th Annie LeHardy, 20:34, 37th Caroline Alcorta, 20:51, 68th Karley Rempel, 21:11, 101st Hannah Christen, 21:47, 167th Josette Norris, 22:19, 213rd Emma Astrike-Davis, 22:22, 216th Team Finish: 11th, 382 points
ACC Championships • 6K Oct. 31, 2014 • Earlysville, Va. Annie LeHardy, 20:09.5, 4th Lianne Farber, 20:17.4, 7th Karley Rempel, 20:26.3, 11th Caroline Alcorta, 20:43.4, 17th Lizzy Whelan, 20:46.5, 18th Hannah Christen, 20:55.1, 22nd Josette Norris, 21:44.3, 65th Team Finish: 1st, 57 points Three Stripe Invitational • 5K Nov. 8, 2014 • Cary, N.C. Jill Hardies, 18:28.98, 8th Caroline O’Hea, 18:29.97, 10th Emma Astrike-Davis, 18:35.40, 12th Kylie McCoy, 19:34.93, 20th NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K Nov. 14, 2014 • Louisville, Ky. Annie LeHardy, 20:13.39, 1st Lianne Farber, 20:31.92, 8th Karley Rempel, 20:56.09, 24th Hannah Christen, 20:57.90, 26th Caroline Alcorta, 21:08.62, 35th Lizzy Whelan, 21:34.40, 58th Josette Norris, 21:54.62, 81st Team Finish: 3rd, 94 points NCAA National Championships • 6K Nov. 23, 2014 • Terre Haute, Ind. Annie LeHardy, 20:52.5, 49th Lizzy Whelan, 21:34.1, 150th Karley Rempel, 21:34.8, 151th Hannah Christen, 21:37, 158th Lianne Farber, 21:39.2, 163rd Caroline Alcorta, 21:39.5, 164th Josette Norris, 22:42.1, 237th Team Finish: 22nd, 515 points
2014 UNC Cross Country Statistics Coverd Bridge Invite • 6.4K Aug. 29, 2014 • Boone, N.C. Dan Mykityshyn, 21:05.03, 4th Mitch Mcleod, 21:21.43, 14th Bryan Noreen, 21:47.18, 28th Mark Derrick, 21:56.50, 36th Richard Miller, 22:54.91, 57th Team Finish: 5th, 118 points Virginia Tech Alumni Invite • 8K Sept. 19, 2014 • Blacksburg, Va. Stephen Mulherin, 25:10.5, 5th Mike Jacobs, 25:14.5, 6th Mark Derrick, 25:20.8, 17th Mitch Mcleod, 25:29.1, 23rd Dan Mykityshyn, 25:32.5, 25th Braedon Koerwith, 26:12, 44th Team Finish: 2nd, 68 points Roy Griak Invitational • 8K Sept. 27, 2014 • Minneapolis, Minn. John Raneri, 25:15, 11th Stephen Mulherin, 25:55, 48th Scott Morgan, 26:13, 71st Ryan Walling, 26:18, 80th Mitch Mcleod, 26:25, 92nd Mark Derrick, 26:30, 98th Matt Valeriani, 27:19, 154th Team Finish: 9th, 302 points Wisconsin Invitational • 8K Oct. 17, 2014 • Madison, Wis. Ryan Walling, 24:11, 33rd Stephen Mulherin, 24:25, 64th Pat Schellberg, 24:28, 75th John Raneri, 24:46, 122nd Scott Morgan, 25:11, 176th Joe Sansone, 25:43, 220th Mitch Mcleod, 26:01, 227th Team Finish: 11th, 382 points ACC Championships • 8K Oct. 31, 2014 • Earlysville, Va. Ryan Walling, 23:32.8, 10th John Raneri, 23:50.8, 17th Pat Schellberg, 23:55.5, 20th Stephen Mulherin, 24:09.2, 25th Mark Derrick, 24:12.1, 26th
Joe Sansone, 24:15.6, 32nd Scott Morgan, 24:26, 38th Team Finish: 3rd, 95 points
Three Stripe Invitational • 5K Nov. 8, 2014 • Cary, N.C. Mitch Mcleod, 15:04.92, 2nd Braedon Koerwitz, 15:14.69, 4th Dan Mykityshyn, 15:30.41, 10th Bryan Noreen, 15:53.11, 16th NCAA Southeast Regional •10K Nov. 14, 2014 • Louisville, Ky. Ryan Walling, 30:21.2, 9th Stephen Mulherin, 30:30.8, 15th Pat Schellberg, 30:47.8, 20th John Raneri, 30:49.2, 21st Scott Morgan, 30:50.2, 22nd Mark Derrick, 30:56.2, 26th Joe Sansone, 31:05.6, 33rd Team Finish: 3rd, 87 points NCAA National Championships •10K Nov. 22, 2014 • Terre Haute, Ind. Ryan Walling, 31:04.1, 48th Stephen Mulherin, 31:26.7, 85th John Raneri, 31:27.6, 87th Pat Schellberg, 31:55.6, 106th Mark Derrick, 31:49.7, 130th Scott Morgan, 32:20.20, 184th Joe Sansone, 32:30.6, 194th Team Finish: 12th, 380 points
NORTH CAROLINA AT NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. NOV. 10, 2017
Head Coach: Mark VanAlstyne Twitter: @UNCCoachV Men's Competitors Jeremy Brown Logan Carroll Jake McEneaney Brodie Modini Mark Myers Mitch Resor Matt Thornton
So. R-Jr. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. So.
Women's Competitors Caroline Alcorta Sr. Emma Astrike-Davis R-Jr. Mady Clahane So. Erin Edmundson So. Casey Greenwalt R-Jr. Morgan Ilse Jr. Lindsey Lanier Fr.
Raleigh, N.C. Gig Harbor, Wash. Naperville, Ill. Queensland, Australia Lake Forest, Ill. Charlotte, N.C. Cary, N.C. Springfield, Va. Durham, N.C. Mechanicsburg, Pa. Prospect, Ky. Asheville, N.C. Dunwoody, Ga. Charlotte, N.C.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG Women's Race: 10:30 a.m. Men's Race: 11:30 a.m. Live Results: http://flashresults.com/2018_Meets/ xc/NCAASE/ Other Information: GoHeels.com Hashtags: #GoHeels #TarHeelXC Twitter: @UNCTrack_Field Instagram: @UNCTrack_Field Facebook: /unctrackfield
NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL NOTES • Top-25 finishers earn All-Region honors • The top-two teams advance to the NCAA Championships held in Louisivlle, Ky., Nov. 18 • The top-four individual finishers whose teams do not finish in the top two will qualify for the NCAA Championship meet • Caroline Alcorta earned All-Region honors in 2015 after finishing 14th at the Southeast Regional held in Charlottesville, Va. She narrowly missed earning All-Region honors her freshman year (2014) after finishing 26th at the regional meet held in Louisville, Ky. • In 2016, the Tar Heel men finished 12th and the women finished 14th at the Southeast Regional held in Charlottesville, Va. MORGAN ILSE AND CAROLINE ALCORTA NAMED ALL-ACC Junior Morgan Ilse earned All-ACC honors for the second time in her career and Caroline Alcorta earned the distinction for the third time as the two finished 11th (20:26.3) and 12th (20:27.6), respectively, at the 2017 ACC Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Ky, on Oct. 27. The men’s and women’s squads both finished 11th in the meet. The duo ran aggressively from the start, jumping out to the front at the gun and sticking with the lead pack through the first two kilometers. The leaders would eventually separate, but Alcorta, a native of Springfield, Va., and Ilse, a native of Dunwoody, Ga., stuck together and kept pushing one another down the stretch. Jeremy Brown continued to lead the Tar Heels on the men’s side as he finished 50th in 24:35.4. ALCORTA NAMED ACC PERFORMER OF THE WEEK North Carolina’s Caroline Alcorta was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week on Oct. 18. Alcorta, a senior from Springfield, Va., finished fourth out of 177 runners in a field that included four ranked teams at the Penn State National on Oct. 13. She notched a 6k personal best of 20:26 in what was just her second meet of the season. Alcorta has racked up honors from the conference throughout her career. She was named the performer of the week in 2016 after winning the Adidas XC 5k Challenge with a time of 16:42.4, she was All-ACC in 2015 after finishing 12th at the ACC Cross Country Championships and she was named ACC Freshman of the Year in 2014 after helping lead the Tar Heels to their first ACC Championship in 11 seasons where she finished 17th. PENN STATE NATIONAL RECAP Caroline Alcorta and Morgan Ilse finished four-five out of 177 runners at the Penn State National on Oct. 13 in State College, Pa. Both had 6k personal bests on the day with Alcorta finishing in 20:26 and Ilse right behind in 20:29. They led the University of North Carolina women’s cross country team to a 9th-place finish out of 17 teams. The men’s squad also finished 9th out of 14 teams. In the final regular-season meet, both Alcorta and Ilse looked to be nearing peak form just two weeks out of the ACC Championships. It was Ilse’s second-straight top-10 finish in a nationally-competitive meet, and Alcorta looked to be in the best shape of her career since finishing All-ACC and All-Region in 2015. Jeremy Brown was the top finisher for the men in 32nd with a time of 26:11.
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat.
DATE Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 Oct. 13 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 18
MEET Elon Opener Mountains to Sea Open Louisville Classic Penn State National ACC XC Championships NCAA Southeast Regional NCAA XC Championships
SITE Elon, N.C. Boone, N.C. Louisville, Ky. State College, Pa. Louisville, Ky. Charlottesville, Va. Louisville, Ky.
RESULT/TIME Men - 2nd of 10 | Women - 2nd of 12 Men - 1st of 9 | Women - 1st of 10 Men - 15th of 30 | Women - 14th of 37 Men - 9th of 14 | Women - 9th of 17 Men - 11th of 15 | Women - 11th of 15 Women - 10:30 a.m. | Men - 11:30 a.m. TBA
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S RESULTS Elon Opener • 4K Sep. 2, 2017 • Elon, N.C. Mady Clahane 14:47 Erin Edmunson 14:52 Casey Greenwalt 14:53 Blair Ramsey 14:55 Lindsey Lanier 15:19 Emma Astrike-Davis 15:22 Ashley Smith 15:31 Team: 2nd of 12 62 points Mountains To Sea Open • 5K Sept. 16, 2017 • Boone, N.C. Morgan Ilse 17:31.61 Mady Clahane 17:42.94 Casey Greenwalt 17:59.01 Lindsey Lanier 18:08.84 Erin Edmunson 18:11.44 Emma Astrike-Davis 18:11.58 Blair Ramsey 18:13.34 Blake Dodge 18:38.13 Ashley Smith 18:45.98 Team: 1st of 10 27 points
5th 10th 11th 13th 23rd 24th 27th
1st 2nd 6th 9th 11th 12th 13th 23rd 26th
Louisville Classic • 5K Sept. 30, 2017 • Louisville, Ky, Morgan Ilse 16:51.17 Caroline Alcorta 17:18.07 Mady Clahane 17:56.54 Erin Edmundson 18:06.39 Emma Astrike-Davis 18:30.26 Casey Greenwalt 17:59.01 Blair Ramsey 18:40.45 Lindsey Lanier 18:42.90 Ashley Smith 18:47.47 Blake Dodge 19:11.67 Team: 14th of 37 408 points Penn State National • 6K Oct. 13, 2017 • State College, Pa. Caroline Alcorta 20:26 Morgan Ilse 20:29 Mady Clahane 21:40 Erin Edmundson 22:01 Blake Dodge 22:29 Lindsey Lanier 22:30 Casey Greenwalt 22:42 Ashley Smith 23:06 Team: 9th of 17 233 points
9th 33rd 102nd 121st 169th 171st 194th 201st 215th 266th
ACC Championships • 6K Oct. 27, 2017 • Louisville, Ky. Morgan Ilse 20:26.3 Caroline Alcorta 20:27.6 Mady Clahane 21:56.9 Erin Edmundson 21:58.6 Casey Greenwalt 22:21.7 Lindsey Lanier 22:28.8 Emma Astrike-Davis 22:35.5 Ashley Smith 23:03.8 Blake Dodge 23:05.2 Team: 11th of 15 with 244 points
11th* 12th* 71st 73rd 88th 93rd 97th 114th 115th *All-ACC
NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K Nov. 10. 2017 • Charlottesville, Va. 4th 5th 60th 86th 116th 118th 132nd 145th
NCAA Championships• 6K Nov. 18. 2017 • Louisville, Ky.
2017 CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY WOMEN'S RESULTS Elon Opener • 6K Sep. 2, 2017 • Elon, N.C. Mitch Resor 18:30 Logan Carroll 18:45 Brandon Tubby 18:53 Alex Milligan 18:56 Matt Thornton 19:06 Mark Myers 19:18 Luke Peterson 19:28 Brodie Modini 19:37 Carl Geiger 19:48 Team: 2nd of 10 41 points Mountains To Sea Open • 8K Sept. 16, 2017 • Boone, N.C. Mitch Resor 25:33.61 Jeremy Brown 25:34.64 Mark Myers 25:36.12 Logan Carroll 25:43.48 Matt Thornton 25:44.40 Brandon Tubby 26:23.31 Jake McEneaney 26:29.03 Luke Peterson 27:00.39 Brodie Modini 28:04.08 Team: 1st of 9 24 points
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2nd 3rd 4th 8th 9th 19th 20th 26th 47th
Louisville Classic • 8K Sept. 30, 2017 • Louisville, Ky, Jeremy Brown 24:50.20 Logan Carroll 25:02.39 Mark Myers 25:18.77 Matt Thornton 25:23.12 Mitch Resor 25:27.58 Jake McEneaney 25:57.16 Brodie Modini 25:59.10 Brandon Tubby 26:18.16 Luke Peterson 27:17.07 Team: 15th of 30 473 points Penn State National • 5.2 miles Oct. 13, 2017 • State College, Pa. Jeremy Brown 26:11 Matt Thornton 26:17 Mark Myers 26:24 Mitch Resor 26:40 Logan Carroll 26:49 Brodie Modini 27:04 Jake McEneaney 27:08 Luke Peterson 28:02 Carl Geiger 28:12 Team: 9th of 14 228 points
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ACC Championships • 8K Oct. 27, 2017 • Louisville, Ky. Jeremy Brown 24:35.4 Logan Carroll 24:49.5 Jake McEneaney 25:03.4 Mitch Resor 25:09.4 Matt Thornton 25:09.8 Mark Myers 25:10.6 Brodie Modini 25:34.0 Luke Peterson 25:57.3 Brandon Tubby DNF Team: 11th of 15 with 315 points NCAA Southeast Regional • 10K Nov. 10. 2017 • Charlottesville, Va.
NCAA Championships • 10K Nov. 18. 2017 • Louisville, Ky.
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MITCH RESOR NAMED ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK North Carolina’s Mitch Resor was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Week on Sept. 20th. Resor, a redshirt freshman from Charlotte, N.C., had his second top-five finish in as many meets as he led the Tar Heels to a 49-point victory in the Mountains to Sea Open on Sept. 16 He finished the 8k race in 25:33.61, taking second place. In his first meet, Resor finished fifth in 18:30 at the Elon Opener, and in both meets Resor was the top Tar Heel finisher. Resor is the first Tar Heel to earn the award, now in its second year. MOUNTAINS TO SEA OPEN RECAP The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s cross country teams each claimed impressive top finishes at the Mountains to Sea Open in Boone, N.C., on Sept. 16. The men won by 49 points, and the women won by 33 points. The Tar Heel women were led by junior Morgan Ilse, who won the 5k meet with a time of 17:13.61 in her first time racing this season. Redshirt freshmen Mitch Resor, Jeremy Brown and Mark Myers went 2-3-4 in the 8k race, helping the men to an easy victory in their last local meet before facing national competition at the Louisville Classic in two weeks. Resor finished in 25:33.61, Brown finished just a second behind in 25:34.64 and Myers finished in 25:36.12. Veteran Logan Carroll took eighth in 25:43.48, and Matt Thornton completed the dominate win as he finished ninth in 25:44.40. ELON OPENER RECAP The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s cross country teams finished second at the Elon Opener in Elon, N.C., on Sept. 2. The men faced a talented Campbell team but were able to run a controlled race, and the women showed their ability despite competing without their top two runners, Caroline Alcorta and Morgan Ilse. Mitch Resor, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., led Carolina in his first cross country meet as a Tar Heel, running 18:30 and finishing 5th in the 6k race. Junior Logan Carroll (Gig Harbor, Wash.), sophomore Brandon Tubby (Hillsborough, N.J.) and sophomore Alex Milligan (State College, Pa.) all finished just behind Resor to take seventh, eighth and ninth places. Carroll ran 18:45, Tubby finished in 18:53 and Milligan ran 18:56. Sophomore Matt Thornton (Cary, N.C.) rounded out the scoring for the Tar Heels, finishing 12th in 19:06. On the women’s side, Mady Clahane, a sophomore from Mechanicsburg, Pa., finished fifth in 14:57 to lead the Tar Heels in the 4k race.
2017 MEN'S XC ROSTER Name Yr. Andrew Brooks Fr. Jeremy Brown So. Logan Carroll R-Jr. Carl Geiger Sr. Jake McEneaney Fr. Alex Milligan R-Fr. Sam Miner R-Sr. Brodie Modini R-Fr. Ian Moini Fr. Mark Myers So. Connor Peeples R-Fr. Henry Pehr R-Fr. Luke Peterson R-Fr. Christian Pigues Fr. Mitch Resor R-Fr. Matt Thornton So. Brandon Tubby So.
Hometown High School/Previous School Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Gig Harbor, Wash. Gig Harbor Apex, N.C. Apex Naperville, Ill. Neuqua Valley State College, Pa. State College Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill Queensland, Australia Princeton, N.J. Pennington School Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest Raleigh, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons Cary, N.C. Green Hope Treasure Island, Fla. Shorecrest Preparatory School Los Angeles, Calif. Rolesville Charlotte, N.C. Weddington Cary, N.C. Cary Hillsborough, N.J. Hillsborough
2017 WOMEN'S XC ROSTER Name Yr. Caroline Alcorta Sr. Emma Astrike-Davis R-Jr. Charlotte Bassett Fr. Mady Clahane So. Blake Dodge Sr. Erin Edmundson So. Casey Greenwalt R-Jr. Morgan Ilse Jr. Madeline Kraft Fr. Lindsey Lanier Fr. Kathryn Mayo Fr. Lauren Moody R-Jr. Blair Ramsey So. Tasha Regan So. Ashley Smith So.
Hometown High School/Previous School Springfield, Va. West Springfield Durham, N.C. Cary Academy Melbourne, Austrailia The MacRobertson's Girls' High School Mechanicsburg, Pa. Cumberland Valley Beaufort, N.C. West Carteret Prospect, Ky. North Oldham Asheville, N.C. TC Roberson Dunwoody, Ga. Marist Winston-Salem, N.C. Mount Tabor Charlotte, N.C. Providence Senior Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle Asheville, N.C. T.C. Roberson Greensboro, N.C. Grimsley Huntersville, N.C. Hopewell Clemmons, N.C. West Forsyth
CAROLINA CROSS COUNTRY NOTES
LOUISVILLE CLASSIC RECAP Morgan Ilse finished ninth out of 328 runners in 16:51.17 at the Louisville Classic on Sept. 30 in Louisville, Ky., a race billed as the nation’s largest cross country meet. Ilse helped the University of North Carolina women’s cross country team to a 14th-place finish out of 37 teams. The men’s squad finished 15th out of 30 teams. The meet lived up to the billing with 328 runners competing in the women’s 5k race and 262 running in the men’s 8k. Caroline Alcorta made her season debut in the race, finishing 33rd in 17:18.07. However, it was Morgan Ilse who stole the show with a 40-second 5k personal best and a top-10 finish in one of the nation’s most competitive regular-season races of the season. Ilse won the Mountains to Sea Open two weeks prior, leading the Tar Heels to a team victory in the meet. On the men’s side, Jeremy Brown led the Tar Heels, finishing in 72nd with a time of 24:50.20.
2014 UNC Cross Country Statistics Covered Bridge Invite • 5K Aug. 29, 2014 • Boone, N.C. Caroline Alcorta, 18:24.16, 2nd Hannah Christen, 18:27.63, 4th Josette Norris, 18:32.68, 5th Doria Kosmala, 19:34.93, 16th Emma Astrike-Davis, 19:37.39, 17th Mattie Webb, 19:40.41, 18th Caroline O’Hea, 19:52.79, 21st Grace Morken, 19:57.33, 23rd Kylie McCoy, 20:50.81, 43rd Team Finish: 2nd 44 points Virginia Tech Alumni Invite • 6K Sept. 19, 2014 • Blacksburg. Va. Lizzy Whelan, 21:11, 2nd Karley Rempel, 21:13.9, 4th Caroline Alcorta, 21:20, 5th Hannah Christen, 21:38.4, 8th Josette Norris, 21:53, 12th Emma Astrike-Davis, 22:26.6, 22nd Doria Kosmala, 22:29, 24th Grace Morken, 22:48.5, 31st Mattie Blue, 22:48.9, 32nd Mattie Webb, 23:07.7, 37th Team Finish: 2nd, 31 points Roy Griak Invitational • 6K Sept. 27, 2014 • Minneapolis, Minn. Lianne Farber, 21:31, 10th Annie LeHardy, 21:37, 13th Caroline Alcorta, 22:06, 29th Lizzy Whelan, 22:33, 60th Karley Rempel, 22:35, 62nd Josette Norris, 23:04, 89th Hannah Christen, 23:36, 127th Team Finish: 3rd, 174 points Wisconsin Invitational • 6K Oct. 17, 2014 • Madison, Wis. Lianne Farber, 20:27, 27th Annie LeHardy, 20:34, 37th Caroline Alcorta, 20:51, 68th Karley Rempel, 21:11, 101st Hannah Christen, 21:47, 167th Josette Norris, 22:19, 213rd Emma Astrike-Davis, 22:22, 216th Team Finish: 11th, 382 points
ACC Championships • 6K Oct. 31, 2014 • Earlysville, Va. Annie LeHardy, 20:09.5, 4th Lianne Farber, 20:17.4, 7th Karley Rempel, 20:26.3, 11th Caroline Alcorta, 20:43.4, 17th Lizzy Whelan, 20:46.5, 18th Hannah Christen, 20:55.1, 22nd Josette Norris, 21:44.3, 65th Team Finish: 1st, 57 points Three Stripe Invitational • 5K Nov. 8, 2014 • Cary, N.C. Jill Hardies, 18:28.98, 8th Caroline O’Hea, 18:29.97, 10th Emma Astrike-Davis, 18:35.40, 12th Kylie McCoy, 19:34.93, 20th NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K Nov. 14, 2014 • Louisville, Ky. Annie LeHardy, 20:13.39, 1st Lianne Farber, 20:31.92, 8th Karley Rempel, 20:56.09, 24th Hannah Christen, 20:57.90, 26th Caroline Alcorta, 21:08.62, 35th Lizzy Whelan, 21:34.40, 58th Josette Norris, 21:54.62, 81st Team Finish: 3rd, 94 points NCAA National Championships • 6K Nov. 23, 2014 • Terre Haute, Ind. Annie LeHardy, 20:52.5, 49th Lizzy Whelan, 21:34.1, 150th Karley Rempel, 21:34.8, 151th Hannah Christen, 21:37, 158th Lianne Farber, 21:39.2, 163rd Caroline Alcorta, 21:39.5, 164th Josette Norris, 22:42.1, 237th Team Finish: 22nd, 515 points
2014 UNC Cross Country Statistics Coverd Bridge Invite • 6.4K Aug. 29, 2014 • Boone, N.C. Dan Mykityshyn, 21:05.03, 4th Mitch Mcleod, 21:21.43, 14th Bryan Noreen, 21:47.18, 28th Mark Derrick, 21:56.50, 36th Richard Miller, 22:54.91, 57th Team Finish: 5th, 118 points Virginia Tech Alumni Invite • 8K Sept. 19, 2014 • Blacksburg, Va. Stephen Mulherin, 25:10.5, 5th Mike Jacobs, 25:14.5, 6th Mark Derrick, 25:20.8, 17th Mitch Mcleod, 25:29.1, 23rd Dan Mykityshyn, 25:32.5, 25th Braedon Koerwith, 26:12, 44th Team Finish: 2nd, 68 points Roy Griak Invitational • 8K Sept. 27, 2014 • Minneapolis, Minn. John Raneri, 25:15, 11th Stephen Mulherin, 25:55, 48th Scott Morgan, 26:13, 71st Ryan Walling, 26:18, 80th Mitch Mcleod, 26:25, 92nd Mark Derrick, 26:30, 98th Matt Valeriani, 27:19, 154th Team Finish: 9th, 302 points Wisconsin Invitational • 8K Oct. 17, 2014 • Madison, Wis. Ryan Walling, 24:11, 33rd Stephen Mulherin, 24:25, 64th Pat Schellberg, 24:28, 75th John Raneri, 24:46, 122nd Scott Morgan, 25:11, 176th Joe Sansone, 25:43, 220th Mitch Mcleod, 26:01, 227th Team Finish: 11th, 382 points ACC Championships • 8K Oct. 31, 2014 • Earlysville, Va. Ryan Walling, 23:32.8, 10th John Raneri, 23:50.8, 17th Pat Schellberg, 23:55.5, 20th Stephen Mulherin, 24:09.2, 25th Mark Derrick, 24:12.1, 26th
Joe Sansone, 24:15.6, 32nd Scott Morgan, 24:26, 38th Team Finish: 3rd, 95 points
Three Stripe Invitational • 5K Nov. 8, 2014 • Cary, N.C. Mitch Mcleod, 15:04.92, 2nd Braedon Koerwitz, 15:14.69, 4th Dan Mykityshyn, 15:30.41, 10th Bryan Noreen, 15:53.11, 16th NCAA Southeast Regional •10K Nov. 14, 2014 • Louisville, Ky. Ryan Walling, 30:21.2, 9th Stephen Mulherin, 30:30.8, 15th Pat Schellberg, 30:47.8, 20th John Raneri, 30:49.2, 21st Scott Morgan, 30:50.2, 22nd Mark Derrick, 30:56.2, 26th Joe Sansone, 31:05.6, 33rd Team Finish: 3rd, 87 points NCAA National Championships •10K Nov. 22, 2014 • Terre Haute, Ind. Ryan Walling, 31:04.1, 48th Stephen Mulherin, 31:26.7, 85th John Raneri, 31:27.6, 87th Pat Schellberg, 31:55.6, 106th Mark Derrick, 31:49.7, 130th Scott Morgan, 32:20.20, 184th Joe Sansone, 32:30.6, 194th Team Finish: 12th, 380 points
