HUNTSVILLE, ALA. – Anderson University Men's Cross Country junior William Cronin (Lexington, S.C.) notched a program record in the men's 8k powering the Black and Gold to a 5th-place team finish out of 40 programs at the UAH Chargers Invitational Saturday morning.
 
The Trojans rounded out the 2026 regular season in Huntsville, Ala. competing amongst a competitive slate of nationally ranked Div. II programs including Alabama-Huntsville, Charleston, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Nova Southeastern, Saint Leo, Tampa, Valdosta State and West Alabama. Anderson was also joined by fellow SAC competitors Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial, Mars Hill and Carson Newman.
 
Cronin led the trojans to a top 5 finish on the morning with a school record 8k time of 24:03.1, crossing the finish line 8th overall out of 460 in the field. Earning a personal best and crossing the line second for Anderson was sophomore Grayson Gibbons (Simpsonville, S.C.) with a 19th-place finish for a time of 24:18.7. Following shortly behind was senior Sean McAdams (Greenville, S.C.) and senior Jack Barrett (Greenville, S.C.), finishing 28th and 30th with personal best times of 24:30.3 and 24:31.4 respectively.
 
Junior Eddie Wedgewood (Easley, S.C.) placed 126th in the field, recording a personal best 8k time of 25:33.7. Rounding out the top 7 scorers for the Black and Gold was junior Nathan Smith (Danielsville, Ga.) who finished with a time of 25:33.7, good for 132nd, and freshman Charlie Fennell (Greenwood, S.C.) with a 186th-place personal best time of 26:00.4.
 
In addition, six Trojans recorded new personal records on the day including freshmen Christian Snell (2:09.5), Fisher Jones (26:23.6), Davis Jones (28:22.2), Leland Brissie (27:24.9), sophomore Nate Powell (26:42.2) and senior Noah Stump (26:40.9).
 
Anderson will be back in action at the South Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Wingate, N.C.