<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:s="https://msueagles.com/services/xml_schema/story" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>MSU Eagle Athletics</title><link>https://msueagles.com/rss.aspx?path=wcross</link><description>Latest news items for Morehead State University Athletics</description><atom:link href="https://msueagles.com/rss?path=wcross" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>In My Own Words With Track &amp; Cross Country Head Coach Clay Dixon</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2026/3/23/mens-cross-country-in-my-own-words-with-track-cross-country-head-coach-clay-dixon.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2026/3/23/mens-cross-country-in-my-own-words-with-track-cross-country-head-coach-clay-dixon.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Men's Track &amp; Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track &amp; Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="IMOW Clay Dixon" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/3/23/IN_MY_OWN_WORDS_Dixon.jpg" /><br /><br />When Clay Dixon talks about coaching, he doesn't start with training plans or race tactics. He starts with people.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/3/23/IN_MY_OWN_WORDS_Dixon.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/3/23/IN_MY_OWN_WORDS_Dixon.jpg"><media:title>IMOW Clay Dixon</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/3/23/IN_MY_OWN_WORDS_Dixon.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:34:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18873</s:story_id></item><item><title>Dixon Earns Contract Extension to Continue Leading Cross Country and Track</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/12/9/mens-cross-country-dixon-earns-contract-extension-to-continue-leading-cross-country-and-track.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/12/9/mens-cross-country-dixon-earns-contract-extension-to-continue-leading-cross-country-and-track.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Men's Track &amp; Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track &amp; Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="Clay" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/12/9/updated_story_header__26_.png" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State's head cross country and track and field coach Clay Dixon will be leading the program into the future as he has earned a contract extension through the 2027-28 seasons.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/12/9/updated_story_header__26_.png" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/12/9/updated_story_header__26_.png"><media:title>Clay</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/12/9/updated_story_header__26_.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:25:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18601</s:story_id></item><item><title>Massey, Holman Lead Eagles at Cross Country Regional</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/15/womens-cross-country-massey-holman-lead-eagles-at-cross-country-regional.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/15/womens-cross-country-massey-holman-lead-eagles-at-cross-country-regional.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="No alternative text provided." src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/11/17/2i4a0996_54930116150_o.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. — Outside of a few individual performances, things did not go as well as Coach Clay Dixon had hoped at Friday's NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Va. Despite graduate student Aidan Massey posting the 12th-best 10K time in school history, the Morehead State men's team finished in 31st and the women placed 36th.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/17/2i4a0996_54930116150_o.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/17/2i4a0996_54930116150_o.jpg"><media:title /></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/17/2i4a0996_54930116150_o.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 03:31:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>12</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18547</s:story_id></item><item><title>Cross Country Returns to Earlysville, Va., for Southeast Regional</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-cross-country-cross-country-returns-to-earlysville-va-for-southeast-regional.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/14/womens-cross-country-cross-country-returns-to-earlysville-va-for-southeast-regional.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2025 NCAA Regional cross country preview graphic" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/11/14/XC_NCAA_Regional__1_.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. — After two straight years in South Carolina and the two years before that in Louisville, Ky., the NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships will return to Earlysville, Va., and Panorama Farms. The last time the meet was held there was 2019. It will be hosted by the University of Virginia.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/14/XC_NCAA_Regional__1_.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/14/XC_NCAA_Regional__1_.jpg"><media:title>2025 NCAA Regional cross country preview graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/14/XC_NCAA_Regional__1_.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:13:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>12</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18543</s:story_id></item><item><title>Massey Notches Highest OVC Men’s Cross Country Finish in Eight Years</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/1/mens-cross-country-massey-notches-highest-ovc-mens-cross-country-finish-in-eight-years.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/11/1/mens-cross-country-massey-notches-highest-ovc-mens-cross-country-finish-in-eight-years.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2025 OVC Cross Country Championships logo" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/11/1/OVCChampLogos_25-26_CROSSCOUNTRY.png" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. — Not since Justin Moakler finished fourth in 2017 has a Morehead State men's cross country runner performed better at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships than graduate student Aidan Massey did on Friday morning on the Tom Woodall Panther Trail at Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Ill.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/1/OVCChampLogos_25-26_CROSSCOUNTRY.png" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/1/OVCChampLogos_25-26_CROSSCOUNTRY.png"><media:title>2025 OVC Cross Country Championships logo</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/11/1/OVCChampLogos_25-26_CROSSCOUNTRY.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Sat, 1 Nov 2025 00:23:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18501</s:story_id></item><item><title>Massey Enters OVC Cross Country Championships as One of the Favorites</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/31/mens-cross-country-massey-enters-ovc-cross-country-championships-as-one-of-the-favorites.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/31/mens-cross-country-massey-enters-ovc-cross-country-championships-as-one-of-the-favorites.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2025 OVC Cross Country Championships grahpic" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/10/31/OVC_XC_preview.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. — The Morehead State men's and women's cross country teams return to the site of their most successful meet of the season when they compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Friday morning at Eastern Illinois' Tom Woodall Panther Trail in Charleston, Ill. The men's 8K race will begin at 10 a.m. ET, followed by the women's 6K event at 11 a.m. ET. The weather is expected to be sunny and in the 40s.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/31/OVC_XC_preview.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/31/OVC_XC_preview.jpg"><media:title>2025 OVC Cross Country Championships grahpic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/31/OVC_XC_preview.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:05:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18498</s:story_id></item><item><title>Massey Tops OVC Field at Final Angel Mounds Invitational</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/18/mens-cross-country-massey-tops-ovc-field-at-final-angel-mounds-invitational.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/18/mens-cross-country-massey-tops-ovc-field-at-final-angel-mounds-invitational.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="No alternative text provided." src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/10/18/morehead_DSC9354.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. – Graduate student Aidan Massey continued his strong campaign for the Morehead State cross country team as he placed 12th among collegiate runners and ahead of every Ohio Valley Conference competitor at Friday morning's Angel Mounds Invitational. Massey's time was the eighth-best in MSU history as he led the Eagles in their final race at the Angel Mounds State Historic Site course in Evansville, Ind.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/18/morehead_DSC9354.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/18/morehead_DSC9354.jpg"><media:title /></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/18/morehead_DSC9354.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 01:02:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18460</s:story_id></item><item><title>Eagles' Final Meet at Angel Mounds is Next on Tap for Cross Country</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/17/mens-cross-country-eagles-final-meet-at-angel-mounds-is-next-on-tap-for-cross-country.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/17/mens-cross-country-eagles-final-meet-at-angel-mounds-is-next-on-tap-for-cross-country.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2025 Cross Country at Angel Mounds Invite graphi" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/10/17/USI-XCPREVIEW.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. – Cross Country races at Evansville, Indiana's Angel Mounds State Historic Site course will close at the end of the season, but not before one final edition of the Angel Mounds Invitational, which is co-hosted by the University of Evansville and Ohio Valley Conference member Southern Indiana.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/17/USI-XCPREVIEW.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/17/USI-XCPREVIEW.jpg"><media:title>2025 Cross Country at Angel Mounds Invite graphi</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/17/USI-XCPREVIEW.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:08:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>5</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18457</s:story_id></item><item><title>In My Own Words With Cross Country's Lydia Bauer</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/6/womens-cross-country-in-my-own-words-with-cross-countrys-lydia-bauer.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/6/womens-cross-country-in-my-own-words-with-cross-countrys-lydia-bauer.aspx</guid><category>Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="In My Own Words with Cross Country's Lydia Bauer" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/10/6/IMOW_Lydia_Bauer.jpg" /><br /><br />Not everyone gets to achieve their dreams, and not everyone gets to live out their dreams in the perfect environment.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/6/IMOW_Lydia_Bauer.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/6/IMOW_Lydia_Bauer.jpg"><media:title>In My Own Words with Cross Country's Lydia Bauer</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/10/6/IMOW_Lydia_Bauer.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2025 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><s:sport_id>12</s:sport_id><s:story_id>18426</s:story_id></item><item><title>Massey Moves into MSU’s Top 10 Performers’ List After Louisville Meet</title><link>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/5/mens-cross-country-massey-moves-into-msus-top-10-performers-list-after-louisville-meet.aspx</link><guid>https://msueagles.com/news/2025/10/5/mens-cross-country-massey-moves-into-msus-top-10-performers-list-after-louisville-meet.aspx</guid><category>Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="The EIU Walt Crawford Open was held on September 5, 2025, at the Eastern Illinois University Tom Woodall Panther Trail. (Dominic Baima/EIU)" src="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/9/6/20250905_DBaima_XC_EIUWaltCrawfordOpen-37_9WOFX.jpg" /><br /><br />MOREHEAD, Ky. – Aidan Massey made some late moves in Saturday's Louisville Cross Country Classic and it paid off as the Morehead State graduate student placed 45th overall (43rd among collegiate runners), recording an 8K time of 24:41.0, and in the process moved onto the all-time top performers' list at MSU.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/9/6/20250905_DBaima_XC_EIUWaltCrawfordOpen-37_9WOFX.jpg" /><media:content url="https://msueagles.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/9/6/20250905_DBaima_XC_EIUWaltCrawfordOpen-37_9WOFX.jpg"><media:title>The EIU Walt Crawford Open was held on September 5, 2025, at the Eastern Illinois University Tom Woodall Panther Trail. 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