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JACKSON, Tenn. - The Union University men's and women's cross country teams are preparing for the 2026 Gulf South Conference Championships at the Hermitage in Nasvhille. The races will be Friday, November 6 with the men running at 8 a.m. CST and the women running at 8:45 a.m.  The GSC awards ceremony will follow the women's race at approximately 9:30 a.m.

Parts of both races, including the finish lines will be streamed live on FloCollege. A subscription is required and can be purchased here. 

WOMEN'S NOTES:
The Union women's team finished fifth last season in the GSC Championship. The program's best GSC finish was a pair of first place finishes in 2014 and 2016.

Individually, Addi Aguayo finished second in last season's GSC Championship. It was the highest finish at the GSC race for a Union runner in program history. Victoria Markham finished 15th at the 2025 GSC Championship. Aguayo was named first-team All-GSC, while Markham earned second team honors. 

The GSC race will be a 6K event. This season, the team posted the third best 6K time (1:55:06) in program history. That time came in this year's final regular season race, the Watson Cross Country Classic where Union finished third. 

Individually, Aguayo holds five of the top-6 6K times in program history including the top four. Her record is currently 20:32 at last year's GSC Championship in Memphis at Shelby Farms. Markham holds four of the top-11 6K times with her best sitting in fifth place (21:48 at 2025 GSC Championship). 

MEN'S NOTES:
The Union men's team finished fifth last season in the GSC Championship, marking the highest team GSC finish for Union in program history. Previously, three sixth place finishes marked the best finish for the team.

Aaron Fynaardt finished eighth in 2025 at the GSC race, earning first team All-GSC. The best finish for a Union men's runner at the GSC Championship was a fifth place finish by Justine Kiipkoech in 2017. 

The GSC race will be an 8K event. The team posted the program record time for an 8K this year at the Greater Louisville Classic at 2:07:14. It broke the old record set last season at the GSC Championship in Memphis. Fynaardt holds five of the top six 8K times in program history, second through sixth. His best 8K time came last year at the GSC meet (24:16). Jonathan Lewis, a freshman for the Bulldogs, has post two of the top-20 8K times in program history with his best sitting at 15th place (25:10, Greater Louisville Classic). 

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