Friday, October 30
Blacksburg, VA
University of Louisville
vs
ACC Cross Country Championships
October 29, 2026 | Cross Country
The men’s 8K will begin at 10:10 a.m. before the women’s 6K at 11 a.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men's and women's cross country teams head to Blacksburg, Va., on Friday for the 2026 ACC Cross Country Championships at the Buford Meredith Cross Country Course.
The Cardinals' men's team will take the course for the 8K championship at 10:10 a.m. before the women's 6K race at 11 a.m. The races will be streamed on ACCN, and fans can follow the live results HERE.
Of the teams competing in Blacksburg, five men's and eight women's teams are ranked in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll, led by NC State's women's team at No. 2 and Syracuse's men's team at No. 8.
Elsingi Kipruto once again leads Louisville into the conference championships, eyeing an improvement from his third-place finish a year ago. The sophomore nearly won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 9 in his most recent race, finishing one second behind the winner in third place, before earning ACC Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week honors on Oct. 13.
He finished last year's 8K championship in Louisville with a 22:53.8 mark behind the winner, Wake Forest's Rocky Hansen at 22:18.6. Kipruto paced the Cardinals who finished eighth as a team.
Nancy Chepleting, who has paced Louisville throughout the fall, finished a team-best 47th at last year's ACC Championship with a 6K time of 20:28.2. She was one of four Cardinals to finish in the top 55, helping them to an 11th-place finish as a team.
Chepleting finished 17th at the Nuttycombe in her most recent race and also earned ACC Women's Cross Country Performer of the Week honors.
For the latest information on Louisville Cross Country/Track & Field, visit GoCards.com or follow the team's Instagram and X accounts at @louisvilletfxc or on Facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleTFXC.
The Cardinals' men's team will take the course for the 8K championship at 10:10 a.m. before the women's 6K race at 11 a.m. The races will be streamed on ACCN, and fans can follow the live results HERE.
Of the teams competing in Blacksburg, five men's and eight women's teams are ranked in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll, led by NC State's women's team at No. 2 and Syracuse's men's team at No. 8.
Elsingi Kipruto once again leads Louisville into the conference championships, eyeing an improvement from his third-place finish a year ago. The sophomore nearly won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 9 in his most recent race, finishing one second behind the winner in third place, before earning ACC Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week honors on Oct. 13.
He finished last year's 8K championship in Louisville with a 22:53.8 mark behind the winner, Wake Forest's Rocky Hansen at 22:18.6. Kipruto paced the Cardinals who finished eighth as a team.
Nancy Chepleting, who has paced Louisville throughout the fall, finished a team-best 47th at last year's ACC Championship with a 6K time of 20:28.2. She was one of four Cardinals to finish in the top 55, helping them to an 11th-place finish as a team.
Chepleting finished 17th at the Nuttycombe in her most recent race and also earned ACC Women's Cross Country Performer of the Week honors.
For the latest information on Louisville Cross Country/Track & Field, visit GoCards.com or follow the team's Instagram and X accounts at @louisvilletfxc or on Facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleTFXC.
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