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Parker Wolfe's meteoric rise on the track launches UNC into national spotlight

By Cade Shoemaker | February 19

Junior Parker Wolfe cemented his place in NCAA history in early February.

UNC men's cross country team displays teamwork and resilience in NCAA Championship, finishes sixth

By Twumasi Duah-Mensah | November 22

Just as Parker Wolfe had to scrap, North Carolina men’s cross country had to fight on a day that did not go to plan. Wolfe’s top-10 finish and UNC’s sixth-place ...

How Chris Miltenberg led the No. 5 UNC men's cross country team to new heights

By Twumasi Duah-Mensah | November 5

"Winners and losers have the same goals, right? So it's not about your goals," Miltenberg, the director of cross country at UNC, said. "It's about what ...

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UNC men's cross country wins ACC Championships; Parker Wolfe wins individual title

By Emma Moon | November 1

On Friday, UNC traveled to Florida for the ACC Championships, where the Tar Heels took home first place both individually and as a team. This is the first ...

UNC men's cross country finishes 10th overall at Nuttycombe Invitational

By Emma Moon | October 20

“We’ve been building towards [the ACC title] over the past few years and I think we are in a spot where we can do that this year," junior Ethan Strand ...

Wolfe, Phillip lead men's cross country to top-3 finish at Virginia Invitational

By Emma Moon | September 26

Two consistent runners have emerged for North Carolina's No. 5 men's cross country team: junior Parker Wolfe and graduate student Alex Phillip. Wolfe ...

How UNC aids its athletes through potentially career-ending injuries

By Emma Moon | April 21

To help players take their minds off their respective sport, UNC gives Tar Heel athletes access to a Student-Athlete Development program.

UNC cross country teams finish top four at ACC Championships

By Caroline Wills | October 28

The men’s third place finish is their best finish since the 2013 ACC Championship, where the team finished second. The Tar Heels will travel to Louisville, ...

UNC cross country teams sweep first three meets of 2022, look ahead to post season

By Josie Rosenstein | October 14

The teams' hardest challenges lie ahead. Brynn Brown, a sophomore on the women's team, said the Tar Heels need to maintain a confident attitude and continue ...

Tar Heels earn four top-10 finishes as UNC cross country sweeps Paul Short Run

By Riley Kennedy | September 30

The women’s team was ranked 12th in the country and the men was ranked 13th in the country coming into this race in Bethlehem. The women’s and men’s ...

UNC cross country has best finish since 2014 at ACC Championships

By Emily Thoreson | November 1

The North Carolina men’s and women’s cross-country teams both posted their best finish in years at the ACC Championships on Friday in South Bend, ...

Cross country first-year Brynn Brown carries successful high school career into UNC

By Riya Jayanthi | October 19

“I was always a player who was very mobile on the (soccer) field ... the coach came up to me and was like ‘you should run for my team,’” cross ...

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UNC's men's cross country team earns its third first-place finish in Paul Short Run

By Asheebo Rojas | October 2

The North Carolina men’s cross country team finished first in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University on Friday morning. First-years Parker Wolfe ...

UNC men’s cross country earns first place in Adidas XC Challenge

By Joshua Dolgoff | September 26

The UNC men’s cross country team continued its great start to the season by placing first in the Adidas XC Challenge.

UNC women's cross country runs to first place finish at Battle in Beantown

By Cooper Metts | September 24

The No. 13 North Carolina women’s cross country team placed first overall out of 22 teams in Battle in Beantown in Boston, Ma. on Friday afternoon. ...

UNC cross country opens season with strong performance against Charlotte

By Cooper Metts | September 8

After an impressive showing at UNC-Charlotte, the UNC-Chapel Hill cross country teams have plenty to look forward to in 2021.

Dylan Sorensen is the new head coach of UNC women's cross-country team

By Erin Singleton | July 26

Chris Miltenberg, UNC's director of cross-country and track and field, cited Sorensen's people-first philosophy and recruiting prowess in his decision. ...

UNC track and field signee Parker Wolfe wins Gatorade National Boys Runner of the Year

By Rithvik Chelasani | April 25

Parker Wolfe, one of the top recruits in the North Carolina track and field program's 2021 recruiting class, recently found out that he had been named ...

'Best two years of my life': Distance runner Paige Hofstad is thriving as a Tar Heel

By Lindsey Ware | April 12

Despite transferring from Georgetown late in her college career, fifth-year Paige Hofstad has blazed her own trail in helping lead a distance running ...

‘Something way bigger’: Chris Miltenberg aims to put UNC Distance on the map

By Joshua Dolgoff | April 5

When head coach Chris Miltenberg took over the UNC track and field program in 2019, he had a mission: build one of the best teams in the country.