Junior Courtney Burton set a new personal best to lead the Radford women's cross country team's performances in the first full-length race of the season at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational on Friday.

The Radford men's and women's cross country teams return to action Friday evening as they compete in the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational.

BLACKSBURG, Va. For the second straight year, the Radford cross country teams' season-opening meet at Virginia Tech was negatively impacted by weather, but both of the squads got at least some action in at the Hokie Invite on Friday.

The Radford men's and women's cross country teams both posted their best conference finishes in recent memory last year and open their 2015 season Friday at Virginia Tech's Hokie Invitational hoping to build on that success.

The Radford University men's cross country team placed fifth and the Highlander women were slotted sixth in the Big South Conference's annual preseason polls, based on voting by the league's head coaches.

Former Bowling Green State assistant cross country/track and field coach Eric Thatcher has been hired as Radford's head cross country and assistant track and field coach. Brent Chumbley, director of track and field/cross country, made the announcement ...