02/06/2026
The Men’s and Women’s XC teams had incredible performances! Despite a TX winter ice storm and one of the deepest fields ever assembled in the 30+ year history of the event, Navy men and women put together an incredible performance continuing the 5 year streak of both teams finishing no worse than second overall.
Men’s Team Highlights:
— Men’s Team Overall Team Champions! An extremely tight race with Air Force but Navy came up with the win!
— Men’s Armed Forces Overall Individual Champion! ENS Murphy Smith broke away in the last 2km and brought home the win! 31:15 / 5:02 per mile.
— Men’s 4th place overall - ENS Alexander Kirkland. 31:29 / 5:04 per mile.
— Men’s 6th place overall - LCDR Stan Linton. 31:42 / 5:06 per mile.
Women’s Team Highlights:
— Women’s Team Second Place Overall! A tight fought race with Army!
— Women’s 3rd place overall - LT Megan Walsh. 29:44 / 5:59 per mile.
— Women’s 4th place overall - LT Madison Overby. 30:05 / 6:03 per mile.
CISM Selection:
This race was also a qualifier for the World Military XC Championships (CISM) to be held in Trikala, Greece from 23FEB-2MAR. Of the 12 athletes that qualified for CISM, half of them are coming from Navy
— ENS Murphy Smith
— ENS Alexander Kirkland
— LCDR Stan Linton
— LT Megan Walsh
— LT Madison Overby
— LT Camille Herhusky
Go Navy!