2025 Mars Hill Women's Cross Country News
The Mars Hill Women’s Cross Country was recognized for having the 2nd highest (tied) cross country team cumulative GPA in the nation and has earned Team All-Academic recognition for the 28th time in school history along with individual Academic All-Americans Grace Adams, Natalee Powers, and Sophie Ratcliff.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team had their highest finish in 11 years at the NCAA DII Southeast Regional Championship held in Wingate, NC during the running of the 6k race. The Mars Hill women's team finished ranked 12th of 36 teams in the southeast region.
MHU drops one spot, falling to 10th in the Southeast Region.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished 7th of 12 teams at the South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championship with freshman Sophie Ratcliff leading the way with All-Freshman and All-South Atlantic Conference runner (3rd team) accolades.
This marks the first time since 2014 the Lions have been ranked in the Southeast Region.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team ran to a new school record team average time of 19:14 to finish an extremely strong 8th place of 23 NCAA Division II teams and placed 13th of 37 teams overall at the Royals XC Challenge, hosted at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday evening over the 5k race distance.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team raced to new records against 120 collegiate teams across all NCAA and other divisions at the extremely competitive Louisville Cross Country Classic. With their strong finish at this race, the 2024 women now rank at the 4th fastest women's cross country team in Mars Hill history!
The Mars Hill women's cross country team headed to Greeneville on Saturday morning to preview the South Atlantic Conference Championship course hosted by Tusculum University at Kinser Park.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished a strong 4th place of NCAA Division II teams in competition and placed 12th of 20 teams overall at the Queen City Invite, hosted at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday evening over the 5k race distance.
The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished 2nd out of 16 teams in their season opening meet, the Bruins XC Night Classic.
