Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's cross country team competed at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championship on Saturday morning. The squad competed in the 10k on the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisconsin.
Following his individual 10k victory at the NCAA Regional meet, George Couttie secured a 14th place finish at Nationals, with a personal-best of 29:07.4. The finish earned the sophomore the first All-American honor of his career and the first for the cross country Hokies since Peter Seufer in 2019. The top-15 finish is also the third highest in program history, following Peter Seufer (4th, 2019) and Steve Taylor (9th, 1987).
Following Couttie with a career-best performance was William Winter and Ben Reynolds. Collectively, the Hokies dropped one minute and 47 seconds from their 10k times at the regional.
VIRGINIA TECH RESULTS
26th // 596 pts.
14. George Couttie - 29:07.4
165. Nicholas Kipchirchir - 30:24.5
169. Ben Reynolds - 30:26.4
175. William Winter - 30:29.3
200. Declan Rymer - 30:47.4
216. Sam Hubert - 31:05.9
242. Arnav Tikhe - 31:46.3