After a strong start to the season, the men's and women's cross country teams are confident in their ability to succeed at Heps this weekend.

After early success this season, the men's and women's cross country teams are confident heading down the stretch.

After an impressive opening weekend at the Moakley Course, the men's and women's cross country teams are running with confidence heading into Saturday's Colgate Invitational.

Flooding in the area was not enough to disrupt the return of the cross country teams to the Moakley Course. The Cornell men and women both earned victories in their season opening matches.

The women's cross country team will look to improve on its four-place finish at last year's Heptagonal Championships. 

The women's cross country team finished in second place at the Colgate Invitational this past weekend, due in large part to strong performances by some of the team's youngest runners.

The men's and women's cross country teams dominated Army over the weekend, providing them with plenty of momentum heading into the Colgate Invitational this weekend

With high expectations built up from a number of impressive races throughout the fall campaign, the men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Columbia University’s Van Cortlandt Park this past Friday for the Heptagonal Championships. Overall, the results mostly met the runners’ expectations, with the men tying for third place with Dartmouth while the women finished in fourth place for the second consecutive year.

With the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships less than a week away, the Cornell cross country teams are using every available opportunity to gear themselves up and prepare for the big day. Friday’s John Reif Memorial Run was no exception, as the Cornell runners got in the spirit and competed one last time on their very own Moakley course.

The Reif Run is considered a special annual event for the Red, as many local runners—and even Cornell alumni—reappear to compete in an exciting and welcoming atmosphere.

Despite the freezing temperatures and the sloppy snow-laden course, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams still managed to impress at the Penn State National Invitational on Friday. The men’s team took first out of a field of 11 teams, and the women placed fourth out of 18 teams.

In the men’s race, a low tally of 48 points allowed the Red to surpass several powerhouse teams, including Cortland and Ivy League rival Yale. Junior Nate Edelman led the charge for Cornell, emerging as the top collegiate finisher with an impressive 8K time of 25:06. Edelman, however, attributed the day’s success to the stellar performances put on by his teammates.

“A lot of our guys really stepped up during the race,” he said. “Especially our [top five] guys, they ran really well.”