Buies Creek, N.C. – The 2025 campaign for the Campbell University men's and women's cross country program will begin at the Friday Night Lights Elon XC Opener, on Aug. 29.
The races will start with the women's 4K at 8:15 p.m., followed by the men's 6K at approximately 8:45 p.m. Both races will be held at the Elon Cross Country Course on campus.
Live results will be available.
TEAMS IN COMPETITION
Teams competing in the meet include Campbell, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, East Carolina, Elon, Fayetteville State, Greensboro College, High Point, Meredith, Montreat, North Carolina A&T, Presbyterian, Shaw, UNCW and USC Sumter.
HEAD COACH EVAN DARM
Evan Darm was officially named the head coach of the Campbell track and field and cross country teams on June 16, dropping the interim tag following the 2024-25 athletic year.
Darm, a 2015 Campbell graduate, worked for three seasons at the Creek following graduation, first as a graduate assistant and then as a volunteer assistant. After a year away, Darm returned to the program for a season in 2019, helping guide the men to the Big South title.
He left to take a head coaching job for cross country at Lincoln Memorial (Tennessee) for two years before returning again to Campbell in 2022, where he has remained and risen to the head coaching position. As an assistant, Darm primarily worked with distance runners, including All-American
Dorcus Ewoi, who finished second in the Big South during the cross country season. Darm ran cross country for the Camels and earned All-Big South honors in 2014.
THE NEWEST FIGHTING CAMELS
The men's and women's cross country teams welcome a total of 14 new members for the 2025 season, including three transfers. Eight of the 14 are from North Carolina. The men's team welcomes six new members, and the women's team welcomes eight. The men's team returns 11 members from the 2024 team, and the women's team returns seven.
RECAP OF THE 2024 SEASON
In 2024, Campbell competed in four meets, including the CAA Championships.
The team's best finish came in the season-opening Wilmington Beach Blast 5K. Both the men's and women's squads claimed first-place finishes.
Emily Pierce finished first overall in the women's 5K with a time of 18:37.9. Overall, the Camels had four top-10 finishers in the women's 5K and five top-10 finishers in the men's 5K.
Hudson Hayes ran a team-best 16:01.1, finishing third overall in the men's 5K.
At the 2024 CAA Championships, Pierce led the way in the women's 6K for Campbell, running a personal-best 22:34.10 and finishing 40th overall. In the men's 8K, Hayes ran 26:50.20 and finished 46th overall. The Campbell men placed eighth overall, one spot higher than last year, and the women placed 11th.
STAY TUNED
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