Women's Cross Country

SAA Women's Cross Country Report - Oct. 7, 2025

CANTON, Ga.  – Gianna Keena claims week six Athlete of the Week honors from the Southern Athletic Association. 
  
Around the SAA: 
Chile Pepper XC Festival 
Louisville Classic 
Mountain Goat Open 
Berry Meet 
Georgia Tech XC Invitational 

Athlete of the Week: 
Gianna Keena | Trinity | SR | Lakeway, TX – Keena finished as the top SAA runner among more than 400 competitors that spanned all divisions at this weekend's Louisville Classic. She finished with a PR for the 6K race with a time of 22:04 despite warm conditions, leading the Tigers to a fourth-place finish among 47 total teams in the race. 
 

 
Notable Performances: 

  • Sophie Bouldin | Centre | SR | Louisville, KY – Sophie Bouldin ran her fastest 6k of the season on Saturday at the Greater Louisville Classic at the University of Louisville. The senior completed the 6k course in 22:37.7 to finish inside the individual top 30 in a stacked field of teams representing all divisions. It was Bouldin's fastest cross country 6k since last season's NCAA Championships. 

  • Hannah Rhodes | Oglethorpe | SR | Acworth, GA – Oglethorpe's Hannah Rhodes took 47 seconds of her previous best 6k time at the Georgia Tech Invitational, an elite race with several NCAA Division I schools competing. Rhodes ran 23:23 to break the school record set in 2017. Her 6k time converts to 19:16 relative to 5k. 

  • Eleanor Graham | Sewanee | JR | Maryville, TN – Eleanor Graham won the second annual Mountain Goat Cross Country Invitational, hosted on the new 6000m championship course. Graham ran a 24:35, a new personal best by over 90 seconds for the junior, leading the Tigers to a runner-up finish.  

  • Isabel Sainz | Southwestern – For the third race in a row, Isabel both led the Pirates as their top scorer and came away with a big PR. This time at the Chile Pepper XC Fest in Fayetteville, she broke off another 27s 5k XC PR (19:15) and finished 19th in the Prairie Fire heat.  
     


2025 Women’s Cross Country Report Archive (AOW) 
Week One – Sept. 2 (Gracie West) 
Week Two – Sept. 9 (Elena Gentry) 
Week Three – Sept. 16 (Gianna Keena) 
Week Four – Sept. 23 (Anna Cantrell) 
Week Five – Sept. 30 (Ciara Catton) 

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