On the Monday morning prior to Thanksgiving, Georgia’s men’s cross country team was in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 2011 NCAA Nationals. While competing in their first Nationals meet since 2004, the Bulldogs finished 29th out of the 31 schools, scoring 770 points in the 10-k race. The Bulldogs were not an automatic qualifier from the [...]

INDIANAPOLIS – Huddled around a computer at the house of Bulldog distance coach Jeff Pigg, the Georgia men’s cross country team learned on Sunday night that they will have the program’s first chance to run at the NCAA Championships since 2004. After taking third at the NCAA South Regionals over the weekend, the Bulldogs were [...]

Redshirt junior Matt Cleaver did not always dream of running competitively until his freshman year in high school. “The cross country coach lived in my neighborhood and always told me, ‘Matt, I’m going to get you [on the team], and I [thought] ‘yeah, whatever.’ Sure enough I came to orientation and said, ‘Okay, I’ll give [...]

Georgia traveled to Maryville, Tenn., on Halloween for the 2011 SEC Cross Country Championships, and the men’s squad came away with its highest finish since 2004. Both the men and women finished in the top-five at third and fourth, respectively. In the women’s 6k race, defending individual champion Kristi Krueger led the charge for the Lady Bulldogs, [...]

Georgia swimmer Jared Markham has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement by the league office on Tuesday. Markham, a native of Centennial, Colo., helped lead the Bulldogs past Georgia Tech in the season-opening meet last Friday at Gabrielsen Natatorium. In his first appearance as a Bulldog, [...]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Georgia sophomore Charlie Sparks finished ninth out of 158 runners to lead the Bulldogs at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday. Sparks clocked a season-best 25:24.58 to lead five Bulldogs to a sixth-place finish (156) out of 21 teams in the 8k. Senior Hadley Ferguson was 20th overall (18:13.27) in [...]

MADISON, Wisc. – Georgia sophomore Brandon Lord and senior Kristie Krueger finished as a pair of the Southeastern Conference’s top performers to highlight the Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wisc., on Friday afternoon. Lord topped all of the league’s representatives for 37th place out of 270 competitors with the Georgia men taking 21st overall (531) in [...]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Georgia senior Kristie Krueger finished 17th overall in the women’s 5k to highlight the Notre Dame Invitational on the school’s golf course in South Bend, Ind., on Friday afternoon. With winds hovering around 20 miles per hour with temperatures in the low 50s, Krueger’s finish helped propel the Lady Bulldogs to [...]

Starting freshman year of college will make anyone nervous, especially if you have to race some of the top cross country runners in the nation. Lady Bulldog freshman Anna Bowles and Carly Hamilton have already been immersed into the collegiate running scene, seeing action in the cross country team’s first two meets of the season. [...]

Georgia cross country runner Carly Hamilton has been named the Southeastern Conference Co-Women’s Freshman of the Week, according to a league announcement on Tuesday. Hamilton, a 5-foot-5 native of Springboro, Ohio, finished second overall out 97 competitors at the Georgia State Invitational in her first collegiate 6k race on Saturday. Hamilton clocked a 22:37 to [...]