CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Vermont cross country heads to Durham, New Hampshire on Friday (Oct. 29) for the 2021 America East Cross Country Championships, hosted by UNH. The event kicks off with the women's 5k race at 12 p.m., followed by the men's 8k at 1 p.m. Official timing will be conducted by Lancer Timing. Both races will broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV. Visit #AEXC Championship Central for more information.
 
RELATED LINKS
Watch | Live Results | #AEXC Championship Central
Women's 5k Map | Men's 8k Map
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm confident that we are going to send 10 men and 10 women to their respective starting lines that are ready to give their all on behalf of each other and our program," said head coach Matt Belfield. "It has been an especially challenging journey to this point, but Coach Gingras and I know that we have resilient charges. The level of excellence we have shown at the America East Championships the last couple years will be difficult to match, but we will give a championship team effort – our teams know that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts."
 
THE 10 MEN
Vermont men's cross country will be represented by Owen Amsden, Davis Cote, Andrew Crompton, Ian Denis, Christian Groff, Matt Hynes, Wyatt Matyas, Kenneth Morrissey, Steven O'Driscoll, and Nathan Stine.
 
THE 10 WOMEN
Meaghan Alba, Veronica Bassett, Andie Cornish, Geneva Cote, Mari Garza, Sadie Holmes, Clare Kelly, Jane Leighton, Lily Porth, and Cara Van de Meulebroecke will represent the UVM women in Friday's championship.
 
LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Last year's conference championships were held in the spring, and hosted by America East newcomer NJIT. The UVM women finished second in the conference for the second consecutive season. Vermont's initial second-place finish in 2019 was the program's highest finish since 1999. The men finished third in the championships, also for the second straight season. In 2019, the men's cross country team's second-place finish was its highest since 1992.
 
ALL-CONFERENCE CATS
A trio of current Catamounts have earned All-Conference honors in previous seasons at the America East Championships. Lily Porth and Matt Hynes ran All-Conference marks in last year's conference championships with fifth and 12th-place finishes in their respective races. In 2019, Meaghan Alba was All-Conference with a 14th-place finish.

PRE-CONFERENCE MEET
The Catamounts ran the championship course earlier this season when New Hampshire hosted the Pre-Conference Invite in September. Andrew Crompton and Jane Leighton raced to third-place overall finishes in their respective races. The UVM men posted a second-place finish with 56 points in the 8k race. The Vermont women registered 62 points for third place in the 5k.