Tigers to Split Squad for Pre-Nationals and Crimson Classic Meets

🐾 Clemson at Pre-Nationals Invitational (Women’s 6K)
🗓️ Date: Oct. 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 10 a.m.
📍 Venue: Gans Creek Cross Country Course | Columbia, Mo.
🏃 Meet Central: Pre-Nationals Invitational
📊 Live Results: Pre-Nationals Invitational
📺 Live Streaming: Pre-Nationals Invitational
📙TFRRSXC Pages: Clemson Women
🐯 Rosters: Clemson

🐾 Clemson at Crimson Classic (Men’s 8K)
🗓️ Date: Oct. 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:30 a.m.
📍 Venue: Harry Pritchett Running Park | Tuscaloosa, Ala.
🏃 Meet Central: Crimson Classic
📊 Live Results: Crimson Classic
📙TFRRSXC Pages: Clemson Men
🐯 Rosters: Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson’s cross country squad will split this Friday, Oct. 17 between the Pre-Nationals Invitational and the Crimson Classic. The Pre-Nationals meet, originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18, was moved up a day due forecasted weather conditions.

The women will travel to Columbia, Mo., for Pre-Nationals 6K, while the men head to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the Crimson Classic 8K. The men’s race is scheduled for 8:30 a.m., followed by the women’s race at 10 a.m. Live results for both races will be available via PT Timing at clemsontigers.com, and Pre-Nationals will be available for streaming on SEC+.

Season Highlights

• The Tiger women placed second in the 5K, while the men placed fourth in the 8K at the Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic
  • Silvia Jelelgo placed second overall with a time of 15:45.6, shattering her Eye Opener 5K time of 16:33.9.
  • Jelelgo was the first collegiate athlete to finish and one of three runners to break the previous meet record of 16:06.0.
  • Gladys Chepngetich made her 2025 fall debut, finishing fourth with a time of 16:34.6.
  • Gideon Kiplimo was the top finisher for the men, placing 19^th with a time of 24:10.9.
• In both the Eye Opener & Furman Invitational, the women’s team placed first, and the men’s team finished second.
  • Jelelgo won both women’s races, finishing approximately 40 seconds (Eye Opener) and 47 seconds (Furman Invitational) ahead of the runner-up.
  • Jelelgo’s performance at the Furman Invitational earned her ACC Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
• Brenden Gomez was the top performer for the Tiger men in the first two races, finishing sixth overall at the Furman Invitational (four miles, 19:14.36) and seventh overall at the Eye Opener (5K, 24:48.9).

Last Meet Results | Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic

Women’s Full 5K Results | Second Overall | 42 Points

• Jelelgo, 15:45.6 (second place, one point)
• Chepngetich, 16:34.6 (fourth place, three points)
• Elizabeth Ilanda, 17:04.7 (11^th place, 10 points)
• Emily Lamontagne, 17:04.7 (13^th place, 12 points)
• Maddie Dinneen, 17:18.0 (17^th place, 16 points)
• Madison Timms, 17:24.6 (21^st place)
• Lowa Branth, 17:56.4 (57^th place)
• Elizabeth Healy, 18:42.8 (129^thplace)

Men’s Full 8K Results | Fourth Overall | 169 Points

• Kiplimo, 24:10.9 (19^thplace, 18 points)
• Garrett Brown, 24:15.8 (26^th place, 25 points)
• Trey Sullivan, 24:32.7 (33^rd place, 31 points)
• Jack Hearld, 24:43.8 (49^thplace, 47 points)
• Brian Kweyei, 24:45.5 (50^th place, 48 points)
• Victor Ndiwa, 24:57.3 (62^nd)
• Dylan Nolan, 25:16.7 (92^nd place)
• Pierce Walker, 25:54.3 (185^th place)
• Anderson Boetsch, 26:25.9 (232^ndplace)
• Nathaniel Verska, 26:58.3 (274^th place)

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