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'Covers the campus like the magnolias'
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Rynard Swanepoel (left) and Hunter Jones (right) run the Panorama Farms course in Earlysville, Va. (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

Men’s cross country finishes Nationals in 24th

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor November 20, 2023

A year after the best season finale finish in program history, the Demon Deacons could not replicate success at the 2023 NCAA National Championship meet. Wake Forest men’s cross country finished the...

Brooke Wilson receives All-ACC honors from conference commissioner Jim Phillips after finishing in 18th place with a time of 20:21.1.

Women’s XC’s goal just out of reach at ACC Championships

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor November 1, 2023

After finishing in the bottom half of the ACC the last three seasons, the Wake Forest women’s team had a goal of finishing in the top seven at Friday’s championship meet. That goal will have to wait...

Joe O’Brien (left) and Luke Tewalt (right) pose with their All-ACC medals after Friday morning’s conference championship meet (Courtesy of WFU Athletics).

Men’s XC can’t repeat as conference champs after roster reset

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor November 1, 2023

As reigning conference champions, the Wake Forest men’s cross country team held high expectations for themselves at Friday’s ACC Championship meet. Unfortunately, they were not met.  The No. 20...

Wake Forest students, faculty and staff run laps around Hearn Plaza to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund during Hit the Bricks on Oct. 6, 2022.

How to Hit the Bricks without letting the bricks hit you

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor October 3, 2023

Every year, thousands of Wake Forest community members come together on Hearn Plaza and run around for 10-and-a-half hours to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund. The laughter-filled and sweat-drenched...

The Wake Forest mens cross country team poses with the ACC Championship trophy.

Men’s cross country wins first ACC title since 1994

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor November 2, 2022

For the second time in two weeks, men’s cross country was making the four-hour bus ride back from a meet in Charlottesville, VA. For the first time in 28 years, an ACC Championship trophy would be making...

Deacs Fare Well At ACC Championships

Deacs Fare Well At ACC Championships

Samantha Wexler November 7, 2019

The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Virginia Tech’s home cross country course in Blacksburg, Va. to compete in the ACC Championships. The men’s team placed fifth over the 8k race,...

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Wake Forest XC team seeks winning culture in 2017

Max Hofmann September 1, 2017

There is a sense of excitement surrounding this year’s Wake Forest cross country team as the squad seeks to make big strides and assert themselves as a competitive force in the ACC. This is all part...

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