Women's Cross Country | October 10, 2026

BEAUFORT, S.C. – Linah Ewoi won the 19^th Annual Sand Shark Invitational while helping the team claim the overall title Saturday morning.

Head coach Jim Sprecher's squad was paced by a trio of Pacers in the top 10 of the meet. Ewoi won the meet with the fourth-fastest 5k time in school history. She crossed the line in 19:24.9. Rebecca Jepngitch secured second place with a time of 19:31.2, which marked the seventh-fastest time in school history.

Alaynah Guthrie secured a top-five finish with her time of 19:49.7. She placed fifth.

Sharly Cherop was just outside the top 10 with a time of 21:10.8, which was good enough for 11^th place. 

Kendall Reynolds rounded out the scoring for the team. She took 27^th with her time of 22:22.4. 

Hattie Merryman took 33^rd after crossing the finish line in 23:05.4. Newcomer Sophia Aurah was 37^th after posting a time of 24:10.9 while Lacie Cinnamon crossed the line in 25:13.6.

The individual meet win by Ewoi marked the program's first since Sophie King claimed the USC Aiken Invitational in 2019. The team victory was the first for the program since the USC Aiken Invitational dual meet in 2020. 

The Pacers return to action Friday, Oct. 23, when they compete at the Coker Invitational.