Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams had a solid outing at the 2025 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships as the Cavalier men finished third and the women finished fourth in the team standings on Friday at Panorama Farms.

The No. 16 women’s cross country team kicked things off with a 6k race in which three Cavaliers ran away with All-Region honors. G illian Bushee led the way for the Cavaliers with a 10th place finish crossing the line in 19:42.2. Tatum David (19:47.3) and Stella Kermes (19:58.0) both earned the first cross country All-Region honors of their careers with a 12th and 19th place finish. Cate DeSousa (20:34.0, 45th), Tatum Olesen (20:39.1, 52nd) and Mary Ellen Eudaly (20:41.7, 54th) also turned in strong performances finishing inside the top 55 of 257 total competitors.

The Virginia women finished fourth in the team standings with a total of 138 points. The ACC took seven of the top 10 spots in the team standings as the NC State (55) Wolfpack secured the victory followed by North Carolina (108, 3rd), Virginia (183, 4th), Wake Forest (147, 5th), Duke (194, 6th), Virginia Tech (223, 7th) and Clemson (243, 8th).

On the men’s side, the No. 4 Cavaliers finished third in the team standings with a total of 95 points. Leading the way for the Cavaliers was the trio of Gary Martin, Brett Gardner and Justin Wachtel with top 20 performances. Martin finished fifth clocking 29:37.5 while Gardner crossed the line in 29:43.8 for seventh and Wachtel in 13th place with his time of 29:55.8.

The trio of Cavaliers in Nicholas Bendtsen, Adam Balewicz and Andrew Jones finished among the top fifty runners in the 240-athlete field. Bendtsen crossed the line in 30:77.1 to finish in 32nd place while Balewicz finished 38th clocking 30:30.6. Rounding things out was Jones in 42nd place with his time of 30:37.1.

With third- and fourth-place team finishes, the Cavaliers will await the NCAA Selection Show in hope of securing at-large bids to the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships next Saturday (Nov. 22) in Columbia, Mo.

NCAA SELECTION SHOW

With a top-two finish at nine regional meets, a total of 18 teams will secure automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships by the end of the day. The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country selection committee will announce 13 at-large selections to the NCAA Championships via a selection show on Saturday (Nov. 15) at 5 p.m. ET.

ALL-REGION

The top 25 runners from each race were awarded All-Region honors. A total of six Cavaliers made the cut including Gillian Bushee, Tatum David, Stella Kermes, Gary Martin, Brett Gardner, Justin Wachtel. Of Virginia’s All-Region honorees, five earned All-ACC accolades at the 2025 ACC Championships.

2025 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
Panorama Farms Cross Country Course
Charlottesville

1. NC State — 55
2. South Carolina — 100
3. North Carolina — 108
4. Virginia — 138
5. Wake Forest — 147
6. Duke — 194
7. Virginia Tech — 223
8. Clemson — 243
9. Kentucky — 266
10. Liberty — 267
11. Louisville — 305
12. Furman — 322
13. Eastern Kentucky — 339
14. High Point — 340
15. Charlotte — 351
16. Elon — 443
17. Richmond — 538
18. William & Mary — 544
19. Murray State — 607
20. George Mason — 629
21. UNC-Asheville — 636
22. Davidson — 657
23. App State — 705
24. College of Charleston — 741
25. Charleston Southern — 766
26. Radford — 788
27. James Madison — 832
28. Longwood — 845
29. Coastal Carolina — 882
30. Western Carolina — 884
31. Campbell — 920
32. Northern Kentucky — 925
33. Winthrop — 1006
34. USC Upstate — 1023
35. Hampton — 1053
36. Morehead State — 1074
37. Western Kentucky — NTS
38. East Carolina — NTS
39. Queens — NTS
40. Bellarmine — NTS
41. VCU — NTS
42. Presbyterian — NTS

1. Wake Forest — 55
2. Eastern Kentucky — 68
3. Virginia — 95
4. Virginia Tech — 119
5. North Carolina — 157
6. Louisville — 177
7. Furman — 185
8. Kentucky — 193
9. Duke — 244
10. NC State — 289
11. Charlotte — 332
12. William & Mary — 347
13. Liberty — 350
14. Charleston Southern — 384
15. Clemson — 386
16. App State — 441
17. George Mason — 501
18. High Point — 513
19. Northern Kentucky — 620
20. UNC-Asheville — 643
21. Western Kentucky — 648
22. UNC-Greensboro — 697
23. College of Charleston — 703
24. Elon — 714
25. Bellarmine — 733
26. Richmond — 810
27. Murray State — 828
28. Coastal Carolina — 844
29. Radford — 864
30. USC Upstate — 873
31. Morehead State  — 876
32. Longwood  — 899
33. Winthrop  — 1019
34. Davidson  — NTS
35. SC State  — NTS
36. Western Carolina  — NTS
37. Campbell  — NTS
38. Presbyterian  — NTS
39. Hampton  — NTS
40. Queens  — NTS