Season Recap: Men's Cross Country 2025

• The Lions delivered a fourth-place finish out of seven at the CCS Cross Country Championships.
• Senior Layton Bradford captured the individual title after finishing first in the championship. 
• Bradford also secured All-Region honors and USTFCCCA All-Region Honors. This makes four straight seasons the Lions have had an All-Region runner.

• The Piedmont University men's & women's cross country team took on the Converse Kickoff late Friday afternoon as the only Division III team represented.
• senior Layton Bradford led the group, placing 34th at this kickoff with a time of 20:49.1.
• Returner Brody Geckler followed behind Bradford and turned in a time of 22:25.9.
• Newcomer from the sprints side Xander Wiley made his debut this meet with a time of 28:03.2.

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• Senior Layton Bradford also led the Lions again and turned in a PR time of 25:43.4 and a 21st place finish.
• Sophomore Brody Geckler not far behind Bradford turned in a time of 28:45.5.
• Rounding out the finishers for the lions junior Keegan Ivey with a time 34:09.6 and sophomore Xander Wiley closely behind with a time of 35:33.9.

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• Layton Bradford led the Lions with an exceptional race being the second ever Piedmont Men's Cross Country Individual Champion in the CCS. He was able to hold off his closest competitor, finishing 18 seconds ahead of Covenant's Ethan Saiki. Even though he did not come home with a PR, Bradford came home with 1st place and the CCS Runner of the Year award.
• Sophomore Brody Geckler ran an excellent race finishing 17th with a time of 28:24.2. Geckler also took home the CCS All-Sportsmanship award. Junior Keegan Ivey was the third lion to cross the line coming in 45th with a time of 32:41.65. 
• Sophomore Xander Wiley brought home another PR crossing the line at 33:24.27, placing 50th. Rounding out the finishers for the lions right behind Wiley was Sammy Maddox. He came home with a season best time of 33:57.56 placing 52nd. 

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