Florida State’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will begin the 2026 season at home Friday, Sept. 18, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee. The men’s 8-kilometer race is scheduled for 7:40 a.m., followed by the women’s 6-kilometer race at approximately 8:20 a.m. Admission and parking are free, and PTTiming will provide live results.
Cody Halsey enters her third season leading Florida State’s women’s cross country team, while Ryan Murphy begins his second season leading the men’s team. Florida State last competed at Apalachee Regional Park earlier in 2026 during the World Athletics Cross Country Championships. Former Florida State runner Linden Hall represented Australia and won a gold medal in the mixed relay.
Florida State women’s cross country
Florida State’s women’s team returns 11 runners who helped the program finish sixth at the previous year’s South Regional Championship. The team had three All-Region performers at that meet, including returning runners Bieke Schipperen and Rylee Blade. Schipperen earned her second consecutive All-ACC and All-Region honors last year and made her second consecutive national championship appearance.
Blade earned two ACC Performer of the Week honors last year, tying the second-most in Florida State program history in a single season. She was Florida State’s top finisher in three consecutive meets and made her first career appearance at the 2025 Cross Country National Championship. Transfer Bella Grenier will make her Florida State debut after transferring from Wisconsin, which finished sixth at the previous year’s Big Ten Championships and ended the 2025 season in the top 30 of the NCAA Cross Country National Championships.
Florida State men’s cross country
Florida State’s men’s team returns seven members from last season’s roster, led by Isaac Hirshman Chandler and Kaden Levings. Chandler earned All-Region honors, qualified for his first Cross Country National Championship and led Florida State in four consecutive races during his debut season as a Seminole last year. Transfer Graham Myers joins Florida State after transferring from the University of Florida.
Myers finished in the top 100 of the SEC Cross Country Championships and was a three-time FHSAA top-three finisher during his high school career. The men’s race will begin at 7:40 a.m. Friday, with the women’s race scheduled for approximately 8:20 a.m. Both races will take place at Apalachee Regional Park.
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