Devanny, Farrington Lead Runnin’ Bulldogs at Upstate Invite

Saturday, October 17

Spartanburg, SC

9 am Women, 9:45 am Men

Gardner-Webb University

Upstate Invite

Devanny, Farrington Lead Runnin’ Bulldogs at Upstate Invite

October 17, 2026 | Cross Country

By: Tony Venegas, Assistant AD of Strategic Communication

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Megan Devanny earned a Top 25 finish and Talan Farrington led the way as the Gardner-Webb cross country teams competed at the Upstate Invite Saturday at Milliken Research Park. Saturday's meet marked the final meet of the regular season for the Runnin' Bulldogs.

Devanny finished in 23rd place with a time of 18:09.2 to lead the women's team. Maggie Dirks was the next best finisher with a time of 19:04.9 followed by Karsyn Huskey at 19:10.4. On the men's side, Farrington finished the 8K portion of the race with a time of 26:33.1 followed by Blakely Frank's time of 26:41.2 and Brendan Athy's time of 26:44.7.

Duke won the team title on the women's side with 17 points while Charleston Southern won with 46 points on the men's side.

The full final results can be found here.

GARDNER-WEBB RESULTS
Women
23 Megan Devanny, 18:09.2
81 Maggie Dirks, 19:04.9
92 Karsyn Huskey, 19:10.4
97 Claire Bauer, 19:13.3
121 Lowndes Smith, 19:35.6
163 Emma McKnight, 20:11.6
172 Brooke Hope, 20:21.3
186 Emily Leatherman, 20:35.0

Men
142 Talan Farrington, 26:33.1
151 Blakely Frank, 26:41.2
156 Brendan Athy, 26:44.7
171 Kaden Pratt, 26:58.5
211 Maxwell Thomas, 27:37.4
220 Michael Fletcher, 27:45.7
226 Austin DeGeorge, 27:53.6
252 Seth Truett, 28:33.8
316 Skylar Neuenschwander, 31:29.8

UP NEXT

Gardner-Webb will compete at the Big South Cross Country Championship on Friday, October 30.
The meet will take place back in Spartanburg at Milliken Research Park
The women's race is scheduled for a 9 a.m. start while the men will compete at 9:45 a.m.