Lynchburg Cross Country Reveals 2026 Schedule

Lynchburg, Va. – The University of Lynchburg males’s and ladies’s cross nation groups introduced their 2026 schedule on Wednesday, which options six meets all through the common season and out-of-state journeys to Minnesota and Connecticut.

Only two of Lynchburg’s six meets had been on the 2025 schedule, and every postseason website has moved places from 2025. The NCAA Championships in Northfield, Minn. mark the furthest postseason journey for the cross nation staff since St. Olaf University hosted the occasion in 2007.

Closer to dwelling, Lynchburg is worked up to host the NCAA South Region Championships in Charlottesville, Va, which can grant automated nationwide bids to the successful groups. 2026 marks the third time in 5 years that the regional championships will probably be hosted in Virginia.

2026 Schedule

The Hornets will open the common season on Friday, Sept. 4 on the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va. At the meet, the ladies’s 4k and males’s 6k are each shortened distances to accommodate athletes’ early-season coaching blocks. For the rest of the season, the ladies will race six kilometers, whereas the lads traverse eight.

Two weeks later, Lynchburg will host the NCAA South Region Preview at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville, which serves as the house course for the University of Virginia cross nation groups. The Hornets anticipate to face a number of regional foes earlier than assembly them within the postseason.

As the calendar turns to October, the Hornets will enter their first split-squad weekend of the season. National-level athletes will journey to Northfield, Minn. to compete on the 2026 Running of the Cows, a nationwide preview meet hosted by Carleton University on the Bill Huyck Cross Country Course. Other athletes will compete regionally, taking part within the Richmond Invitational in Mechanicsville, Va. on Friday, Oct. 2. 

The groups will cut up as soon as extra on Saturday, Oct. 17, with illustration on the Connecticut College Invite in Waterford, Conn. and Roanoke South Region Showdown in Salem, Va. National-level athletes will intention to enhance the staff rating in Connecticut, whereas others look to provide quick occasions on a flat course at Green Hill Park.

Lynchburg opens the postseason on Saturday, Oct. 31 with the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships, hosted by Shenandoah University at Kernstown Battlefield. The website hosted the 2022 convention championships and consists of a number of steep rolling hills.

The Hornets will take pleasure in a weekend to relaxation earlier than returning to Charlottesville to host the NCAA South Region Championships on Saturday, Nov. 14. Automatic and at-large bids will probably be finalized all through the weekend, and on Saturday, Nov. 21, the NCAA Championships in Minnesota will conclude the 2026 season.

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