The Emory cross country teams split up Saturday morning, competing in the Berry College Invitational and the Augustana Inter-Regional Invitational.

At Berry, the women's team took first place, putting up 32 points to claim their first team win of the season while the men's team secured second place with 60 points. Newcomer Alexis Wilson was the top Eagle for the women, finishing in third place at 23:32 while Reid Dalley led the men's team with a time of 26:33.4 to take seventh.

The Augustana Inter-Regional saw the women's team finish in fourth place out of 35 teams with 191 points and the men's team end in 11^th out of 37 teams. Senior Cameron Gupta led the women's side, coming in 13^th with a time of 21:38.2 while junior Ryan Van de Berghe led the men with an 11^th place finish at 24:29.2.

Down in Rome, GA at Berry, the whole squad finished in the top 25 on the women's side. Freshmen Mackenzie Spooner and Bennie Bonadies followed their classmate, taking fifth and seventh with times over the 23:30 mark. Fellow freshman Abby Weinstein came in shortly after, finishing at 24:01.8 to take ninth while sophomore Adeline Edwards came in 11^th with a time of 24:09.7. Freshman Anya Budzinski also made her way into the top 15, crossing the finish at 24:12.1 to take 12^th place. Junior Arden Gray followed Budzinski in at 25:14.6 to finish in 18^th while Sophia Powell and Julia Ronnen took 22^nd and 23^rd respectively with times over the 25:30 mark.

On the men's side, every Eagle finished within the top 30. Sophomore Zach Glover finished behind his classmate, taking 12^th with a time of 26:47.2. Shane Larkin and Ayaan Surani also finished over the 26:45 mark, finishing in 12^th and 14^th respectively. The sophomore and freshman duo of Logan Clark and Humberto Serna took 20^th and 24^th place, coming in after the 27:10 mark while senior Jacob Zalis rounded out the top 30 with a 27:45 finish to take 27^th.

At the Augustana Inter-Regional, senior Payton Fleming came in 14.1 seconds behind her classmate to finish in 28^th while fellow senior Elizabeth Csikai came in 32^nd with a time of 21:52.8. Senior Elise Picard crossed the finish next, finishing at 22:17 to take 54^th. The senior freshman duo of Morgan Cox and Amelia Stratton took 72^nd and 78^th place respectively to round out the top 100 for the Eagles, finishing over the 22:20 mark.

On the men's side, Dalton Lowery finished behind his classmate, coming in 78^th place with a time of 25:20.4. Senior John Urciuoli followed that with an 85^th place finish at 25:25.4 while junior Carsen Valenta came in at 25:38.3 to take 100^th. Newcomer Alex Jones rounded out the top 130 for the Eagles, finishing in 126^th with a time of 25:49.6.

The Eagles will return to the course on October 31 as they head to Warrenville, IL for the UAA Championships.