Buies Creek, N.C. – The Campbell University men's and women's cross country teams continue their 2025 campaigns Friday, Sept. 19, at the adidas XC Challenge.
The meet begins with the men's 6K at 5:15 p.m., followed by the women's 5K at approximately 5:55 p.m. Both races will be held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. Live results will be available online.
LAST TIME OUT
Campbell opened the 2025 season at the Elon XC Opener on Aug. 29, with all 23 competing athletes either making their Campbell debuts, setting personal bests, or achieving both.
Emily Pierce paced the Camels with a top-10 finish in the women's 4K, running a personal-best 14:01.9 and the fastest time in program history for the event. Freshman
Delaney Horton crossed in 14:32.5 in her collegiate debut, the fourth-fastest mark in program history. She was one of five freshmen making their first appearances, while nine runners overall recorded top-25 times in program history.
In the men's 6K, freshman
Isaiah Martine led the way in his debut, placing 11th with a time of 18:45.1, the eighth-fastest in program history.
Craig Costa and
Andrew Barrett followed with personal bests. Martine was one of four freshmen debuting, while four runners in total notched top-25 program marks.
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,
Emily 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,
Hudson 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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