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Cross Country Ready to Compete in Colorado Springs

10/8/2025 11:51:00 AM | Cross Country

UCCS XC Open sits as fourth event of the season

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State cross country readies for its second meet in as many weeks, with the team traveling south for the UCCS XC Open this Friday. Four from the men's side and seven from the women's will compete for the Rams.  

UCCS XC OPEN MEET INFORMATION  

Date: Friday, Oct. 10th  

Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. / Monument Valley Park 

Time: Men's 8K 9:00 a.m. / Women's 6K 9:45 a.m.  

MEET NOTES  

  • The women's side sees a pair of Rams making their first start of the season in Kenya Dennee and Caroline Mehlhorn. Mehlhorn, a Colorado transfer, is competing for the Rams for the first time in her career. The New Jersey native finished 56th in the NCAA Mountain Region Championships for the Buffalo's in 2024. As for Dennee, the senior makes her first cross country start since finishing 65th in the same event. 
  • Redshirt freshmen Nic Spencer and Davis Rydman return to action this week after a short hiatus from competition. Spencer finished 19th at the Wyoming Invite in his collegiate debut, nearly running a sub-16-minute 5k (16:00.88). Both Rydman and Spencer last competed at the Roadrunner Invite on Sept. 20. 
  • The women's side has shined through three events, finishing first as a team in two of them. This week's runners are coming in fresh after taking last week's trip off. Among this group is Brooklyn Ewert, who finished 13th at the Roadrunner Invitational earlier this season.  

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