EARLYSVILLE, Va. – The W cross country season officially came to a close Saturday with two runners – Hannah Owens and Jarvis Sellers – representing the program at the NCAA Division III South Region Championships at the Panorama Farm course.

"I'm very proud of both runners, in spite of not running personal best times," MUW Head Coach Dedrick Burnett said. "They both finished higher than what they were ranked coming into this race."

Entering the meet, Owens was ranked 150th for women in the South Region and finished 97th. Sellers was the 214th-rated men's competitor, but elevated his finish to 151st, overall. Translation: the course and weather conditions took its toll on the bulk of entrants in both races, where personal best times were out the window and surviving the conditions was key.

In the women's 6-kilometer race, Owens, from Olive Branch, Mississippi, posted a time of 26:09.05 minutes in what was her career-finale as an Owl. That also, officially, made her MUW's top finisher in every race of her four-year career, totaling 23 in all.

Owens also ran at the NCAA III South regional meets all four of her years, as well. Her 97th place is her highest, as well, previously coming in 99th in 2024, 114 in 2025, and 155th in 2023.

Sellers, a junior from Pascagoula, Miss., came across the line at 31:40.60 minutes for the 8-kilometer men's race. Likewise, Sellers 155th place is the best finish by an Owls' runner, besting the program's only other NCAA III South Region men's competitor, Keyondre Ford, who was 161st in 2024.