MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech women's cross country team made history on Saturday as they won the 2025 Great American Conference Championship, finishing first among the 12-team field. The conference title is the first-ever for the program. Head coach Gabe Sams was also lauded at the GAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
FINAL RESULTS
The title also represents a breakthrough moment for Golden Suns cross country as over the previous five years, they had finished no worse than third and were runner-up four times. This year, however, the Golden Suns were able to get over that hurdle thanks to all five of their scoring runners placing in the top-25.
Audrey Hill was the first to cross for Tech and she would do so in fifth place with a time of 17:55.24.
Amaya Grant was not far off her pace and finished seventh with a time of 18:03.35.
Avery Stanley rounded out the top-10 finishing 10
th with a time of 18:18.18.
Hill, Grant and Stanley all earned First Team All-GAC honors by finishing in the top-10.
Peyton Carson was the final all-conference runner earning second team honors thanks to a 13
th place finish and a time of 18:25.50.
Libby Booth was the final scoring runner for Tech. She would finish 24
th with a time of 18:42.56.
On the academic side, Makenzie Epperson and
Alyson Greathouse were named GAC Elite Scholar-Athletes thanks to their 4.0 GPAs and at least 70 hours of college credit.
Ellie Akins,
Rachel Caldwell,
Peyton Carson,
Aidan Fisher,
Annsley Rawlins and
Avery Stanley earned GAC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
