MILLIGAN, Tenn. – On Friday, Milligan cross country head coach Chris Layne announced the 2025 schedule for the Buffaloes' men's and women's squads. Both teams will be attending six regular-season events to get them ready for their two postseason races in November.
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The seasons begin at the App State Firetower Project in Boone, N.C. for the second year in a row, with the event hosted by Appalachian State University on Sept. 12. The next week, Milligan will send their men's and women's runners to the Brevard XC Classic, hosted by Brevard College in North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 19. A week later, Milligan will host the Eli Cramer Invitational at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tenn., which is set to be run on Sept. 26.
October begins with an off weekend before the Royals Cross Country Challenge in Charlotte, N.C., hosted by Queens University on Friday, Oct. 10. Then, the following Saturday, Milligan's squads will race at the Roanoke Cross Country Invitational. The event, hosted by Roanoke College in Salem, Va., will be run on Oct. 18. The Buffaloes' last regular-season event will take place in Knoxville, Tenn. at the ever-growing NAIA Appalachian Challenge. It is an event at which the Buffs have had major success in past campaigns, as they look to match their last two seasons' winning performances on Oct. 24.
Concluding the season in November, the Buffs will begin postseason competition with the Appalachian Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships in Knoxville on Nov. 7, which the men have won six straight times, and the women have nabbed in five consecutive seasons. With strong conference performances, the Buffaloes will look ahead to the NAIA Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. on Nov. 21, where the men and women will be striving to build upon second and fourth-place finishes, respectively, in 2024.
"We believe this schedule gives us everything we need to be ready for the championship part of the season," head coach Chris Layne stated, "and our student-athletes do a great job of embracing and understanding the big picture."
