Sports

Cross Country Competes at Conference Carolinas Championships

Grace Weaver, Editor

November 5, 2025

First-year Carly Carwile competed in a field of 109 other runners at the Conference Carolinas Conference Championships, leading the pack of the Panthers.

Kayden Ryder

Men’s and women’s cross country competed in the Conference Carolinas Championships at the Ivey Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville, NC on Oct. 25. The women’s team placed 10th out of 14 teams, and the men placed 13th out of 15.

Racing first were the Lady Panthers, competing in a 6-kilometer race against 13 Conference Carolinas teams. North Greenville University took first at the meet with a score of 49 points, Converse University took second with 88, and Lees McRae College in third with 97. Lees McRae’s Megan Knapp was the first finisher overall for the women, racing with a time of 22.25.03.

First-year Carly Carwile led the team as the first Ferrum runner to cross the finish line with a time of 25.11.23. She took 29th place in a field of 109.

One minute later, first years Izzy Weigel and Sarah Hudgins finished together, showing the true meaning of being a team while competing in the individual sport. Weigel took 46th with a time of 26.40.56 and Hudgins took 47th with a time of 26.40.64.

Finishing strong for the Panthers, first year Mi’Yah Young finished 69th with a time of 28.03.94 and first-year Chloe Smith finished 92nd with a time of 30.36.69, giving the team a score of 260, ranking between Young Harris College and Emmanuel University.

UNC-Pembrook took both the overall and first place win for the men’s 8-kilometer race, with the low score of 42 and Edward Carney finishing with the time 25.45.74. Carney was closely followed by Lees McRae’s Josh Brett just a second behind for second.

For the Panthers, first-year Damani Veney Epps completed the course first, taking 56th out of 151 runners with a time of 28.19.51. First-year Guillermo Basurto was just seconds behind in 63rd at 28.31.71.

In 84th was first-year Carlos Menendez with a time of 29.15.79. Just 3o seconds after Menendez and before junior Seth Truett, junior Josh Mills placed 92nd at 29.33.72. Truett took 102nd with a time of 30.30.09.

Ending the race for the Panthers, first-year Peter Barnett placed 110th with a time of 30.23.82, and junior Kayden Ryder placed 145th at 35.08.90.

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