Tech Cross Country Begins 2025 Season at Covered Bridge Open
The Tennessee Tech Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams begin the 2025 season at the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.
By Jeff Bowe, TTU Media Relations
BOONE, N.C. – The Tennessee Tech Men's and Women's Cross Country teams begin the 2025 season at the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.
The Golden Eagles begin the 2025 season with the Covered Bridge Open at Appalachian State University on Friday, Aug. 29. The men will race a 6k and the women a 5k during the first event of the season.
Covered Bridge Open
Date: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Time: 8:15 a.m. CT (women – 5k) | 8:45 a.m. CT (men – 6k)
Live Results: https://live.timinginc.com/meets/55167
Full XC Schedules: Men's | Women's
Tennessee Tech received two preseason honors with Carter Bradford and Makaleigh Jessee being named 'Runners to Watch' by the Ohio Valley Conference yesterday.
Other runners to look out for include sophomore Rylee Wells, after winning the 1500 OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships last May, Wells finished runner-up in the 6k (PB - 21:37.1) at the OVC Cross Country Championships a season ago. She set seven personal bests during the 2024-25 campaign.
On the men's side, Bradford enters the new year on the heels of his NCAA South Regional Championships performance in the 10k (32:52.4)
The Tech women closed the 2024 campaign 21st with 596 total points, and the men finished with individuals competing at the NCAA South Regional Championships. The women's team features just one freshman, six sophomores, and three juniors under Head Coach Peter Dalton, entering his seventh season at the helm of the Golden Eagles.
The Golden Eagles women's program looks to climb back to the top of the OVC standings after finishing fourth in 2023, the highest finish in program history.
On the men's side, the Golden Eagles feature a younger roster with four freshmen, three sophomores, and two seniors heading into a new campaign. Senior Isaac Legault makes his third appearance at the Covered Bridge Open and Bradford makes his third appearance in the event as well.
MEN'S ROSTER
Carter Bradford, Sam Bridges, Nic Chambers, Luca Gambling, Jackson Glisson-Schlitt, Cruz Hesling, Isaac Legault, Zak Myles-Hawkins, Dante Torres
WOMEN'S ROSTER
Savanna Amos, Hannah Faudi, Megan Forstner, Joy Jepleting, Makaleigh Jessee, Jane Lokiles, Hayley Stegall, Zaely Tilt, Rylee Wells
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