CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Hosting the 2016 Conference USA Cross Country Championships at Frank Liske Park, the Charlotte cross country team had a strong showing Saturday morning with the men's squad earning third out of 11 teams and the women's squad taking fifth out of 13 teams behind several personal record performances.
The trio of redshirt sophomore Tom Nobles, redshirt freshman Aaron Gebhart and freshman Zach Marchinko led the men to a third-place finish in the team's biggest race of the year. Nobles took ninth in the field of 76 runners with a personal record time of 24:32.