NEWS | Complete SAC women's XC release
Rock Hill, S.C.----The Wingate University women's cross country team is picked to win the 2025 South Atlantic Conference championship race, league officials announce this week. The Bulldogs are the defending SAC and Southeast Region champions in both women's and men's cross country. The Wingate women finished eighth at the '24 national championship meet.
The Bulldogs open the 2025 season Friday, Sept. 12, venturing to Charlotte for the Queen City Invitational at McAlpine Creek Park. The Tusculum University Pioneers host the postseason SAC meet Saturday, Oct. 25. The Wingate Bulldogs host the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional championships on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the WU Cross Country Facility.
What They Are Saying
Wingate head cross country coach
Pol Domenech
"The women's program is excited to open the 2025 season with a balanced roster of experienced returners and promising newcomers. The team has been developing excellent chemistry and there is a clear sense of excitement about the season ahead. With November in focus, the group is motivated to continue putting in the necessary work to be fully prepared for competition."
Wingate University women's cross country
SAC coaches' poll/Runners to Watch notes
The Bulldogs collected 11 of 12 first-place votes and earned 110 points in voting by the league's head coaches. Catawba earned the other first-place vote to finish with 98 points. Anderson and Lincoln Memorial tied for third with 86 points.
In addition to the preseason poll announcement, the South Atlantic Conference honored student-athletes from each school as Runners to Watch. Wingate's honorees are:
Ona Alonso, junior
Sira Bo, senior
Evie Brooks, junior
Firdaouss Hriche, sophomore
Wingate University
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 30 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at
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