Charlotte, N.C. - The Johnson & Wales Charlotte men's and women's cross country teams participated in their penultimiate regular season meet on Friday at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, held at McAlpine Creek Park.

The Wildcat women finished 17th in the Blue race. Grace Gant was the fastest JWU runner, finishing 31st in a time of 19:58.6. That mark is the third fastest 5k performance in school history. Lesly Perez-Temozihui (23:35.5/113th), Aitana Matuty (25:08.6/126th), Joanie Santiago (27:19.5/135th), and Ja'Nia Henderson (28:31.3/137th) all posted new personal bests.

JWU's men were led by Justin Wagner, who covered the 8k distance in a new personal best time of 29:50.4/125th). Fernando Esteban (34:26.1/181st) and Isaac Morrow (38:28.4/182nd) also posted new personal bests. Javaun Russell (39:39.0/184th) and MJ Gregg (52:55.6/187th) were the other two scoring runners for the Wildcats.

JWU wraps up the regular season on Saturday, October 17th when they travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to run in the Upstate Invite.