RESULTS | Panorama Farms Invitational women's results
 
Earlysville, Va.----The No. 2 Wingate University women's cross country team finished fifth in the University of Virginia's Panorama Farms Invitational Friday. The Bulldogs were the only non-Division I squad in the 17-team field. Senior Evie Brooks led the defending South Atlantic Conference and Southeast Region champions, finishing 13th with a season-best 6K time of 21:18.8. The Atlantic Coast Conference-member UVA Cavaliers hosted this event.
 
Wingate posted 151 points, edging sixth-place the University of Maryland by five points. The Bulldogs defeated 11 NCAA Division I schools, including Maryland, UNC Asheville, Marquette and VMI, among others. Virginia Tech won the meet with 20 points. The Virginia Cavaliers and the Charlotte 49ers finished second (36 points) and third (118 points), respectively.
 
Meet Information
Panorama Farms Invitational
 
Top five teams: Virginia Tech (20 points), Virginia (36), Charlotte (118), Delaware (133) and Wingate (151)
Individual finishers: 166 student-athlete finishers, representing 17 schools
School breakdown: 16 NCAA Division I teams and 1 NCAA Division II team
Location: Panorama Farms, UVA home course, Earlysville, Virginia 
 
Inside the 6K results
- Wingate University had three runners inside the top 50
- Senior Riya Keshaw earned a 29th-place finish (22:05.2)
- Freshman Guillemette Vincent claimed 43rd place (22:27.9)
- Junior Marie Garret and freshman Mia Rosen completed the WU top five
- Garret finished 51st (22:41.9), while Rosen was 73rd (23:18.7)
- Garret made her WU debut in the Panorama Farms Invite Friday
- Virginia senior Gillian Bushee won the Panorama Farms Invite
- Bushee defended her home turf, thanks to her 6K time of 20:19.6
- Virginia Tech runners occupied the 2-6 spots as the Hokies won the team crown
 
On the horizon for the No. 2 Bulldogs
 
Wingate hosts the postseason South Atlantic Conference meet Saturday, November 7 at the WU Cross Country Facility. Converse hosts the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional championships on Saturday, November 21 at Milliken Research Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The 2026 NCAA Division II national championship meet is Friday, December 4 in Lawrence, Kansas.
 
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