RESULTS | Bulldog Stampede complete results
VIDEO | Riya Keshaw Beyond the Jersey interview
 
Wingate, N.C.----The No. 5 Wingate University women's cross country team finished second in the 12th annual Bulldog Stampede Saturday at the WU Cross Country Facility. The Bulldogs had five runners in the top 16 to finish with 44 points. South Atlantic Conference rival and No. 28 Catawba placed five runners in the top 11 to claim victory with 32 points.
 
Catawba senior Madison Clay won the women's 6K race with her triumphant time of 21:24.76. She outdistanced the second-place finisher by a whopping 19 seconds. Wingate freshman twins Abigail and Kiara Bester led the host Bulldogs, finishing fourth (21:59.15) and fifth (21:59.42), respectively.
 
Fourteen schools and 100 student-athletes competed in this year's Stampede with 13 institutions posting a team score. The '25 Bulldog Stampede served as a preview for the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional championships, slated for Saturday, Nov. 8 on Wingate's home course.
  
Meet Information
 
Top five teams: No. 28 Catawba 32, No. 5 Wingate 44, Anderson (S.C.) 107, Lincoln Memorial 122 and No. 29 Flagler 128
Individual finishers: 100 student-athletes representing 14 schools
Location: Wingate Cross Country Facility, Wingate, N.C.
 
Inside the 6K Race Results
 
- Freshman Karlijn Mesman gave the 'Dogs a 4-5-6 finish
- Mesman took sixth place with her 6K time of 22:09.56
- Freshman Sara Carrato finished 13th with her 6K time of 23:15.29
- Junior Riya Keshaw was the only non-freshman in Wingate's top five
- Keshaw finished 16th with her 6K time of 23:20.88
- Wingate had won the last eight contested Bulldog Stampede events
- WU finished first in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021
- The 'Dogs also won the first two Stampedes in 2010 and 2011
- Only three women's teams have won a Bulldog Stampede
- Wingate (10 victories), Milligan (one win, 2012), Catawba (one win, 2025)
 
Quotables
 
Wingate head coach Pol Domenech: "We're so pleased with how the women competed today. They found each other out on the course and ran as a team, which is exactly what we want to see at this point in the season. We're in the middle of a heavy training phase, so I'm extremely encouraged by this performance and excited about what we can do once we add back a few key pieces that were missing today."
 
Up Next
 
Wingate competes in Lehigh University's Paul Short Run Friday, October 3 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The LU Mountain Hawks host this event on the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course.