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Nate Moller | Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The men’s and women’s cross country programs both returned to action this past week with the men heading down to Las Vegas to compete in the Silver State Collegiate Challenge last Monday and the women competing in the Florida State Winter XC Classic in Tallahassee this past Friday. The women’s team came in 8th place
Nate Moller | Monday, November 2, 2020
The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the ACC Championships this past Friday in Cary, North Carolina. The men took first, bringing home their second title in three years, and the women’s team tied for fifth. On the women’s side, the Irish finished with 116 points, trailing NC State (47), Georgia Tech (99),
Nate Moller | Monday, November 2, 2020
Although Molly Seidel won a plethora of titles on the track and on cross country courses during her time at Notre Dame, she has shown over the past several months that she is one of the best female marathon runners in the country. Seidel, a 2015 Notre Dame graduate, ran her first ever marathon this
Nate Moller | Friday, October 30, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s and men’s cross country teams will compete in the ACC Championships in Cary, N.C. on Friday in their last meet of the season. Both teams are nationally ranked and will head into the meet with high expectations. Head women’s coach Matt Sparks talked about how his team has responded well to
Nate Moller | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s cross country team remained undefeated on the season by winning its second meet of the season at the Louisville Classic on Saturday. The Irish placed first in the seven-team meet with 47 points, beating out SEC teams Ole Miss (54), Kentucky (76) and Tennessee (93). Head coach Matt Sparks said he
Nate Moller | Friday, October 2, 2020
The Irish cross country squads will travel to Louisville this Saturday for their second meet of the season, and last meet before the ACC Championships. Although the meet size will still be relatively small for cross country, there will be around seven teams at the meet. Matt Sparks, the head women’s cross country coach, said
Nate Moller | Monday, September 21, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their season this past Saturday at the Irish Classic at Burke Golf Course. Although the only other team at the meet was Louisville, the Irish dominated with both sides getting a perfect team score of 15. On the women’s side, head coach Matt Sparks was
Nate Moller | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams are scheduled to start their 2020 season Saturday in the Irish Classic against the Louisville Cardinals. Although the season will look very different than other years, both teams will still have a chance to prove themselves at the end of the year at the ACC Championships.
Mannion McGinley | Friday, May 15, 2020
After the women placed third in the ACC indoor conference championship, matching their best placement since 2016, and the men placed fourth, matching their best finish since 2014, the leading competitors from the Notre Dame track and field teams boarded a plane to Albuquerque for the NCAA Championships, only to turn around and come home
Hayden Adams | Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Notre Dame Track and Field squads are preparing to host the ACC Championships starting Thursday and running through Saturday. The Irish are coming off a strong showing at the Alex Wilson Invitational where the men’s distance medley relay team set a record for the second-fastest time in NCAA history. Head coach Matt Sparks gave