SEASON PREVIEW: Cross Country

1. The Avenging Angels will compete in four regular-season meets before beginning postseason competition at the USA South Championships on Oct. 30.
2. Meredith finished second at the USA South Championships in 2025. The Avenging Angels also sent runners to the NCAA Division III South Regional and Division III Championships last season.
3. Head coach Field Miller enters his eighth season at the helm of the program.
4. Senior Delaney Bundy returns after claiming the individual championship at the 2025 USA South Championships. Her performance earned her USA South Runner of the Year honors, as well as Conference Champion and First Team All-Conference honors. Bundy advanced to the Division III National Championships, becoming the second Avenging Angel to compete at the national championships. She also set a school record in the 6K at the NCAA Division III South Regional with a time of 21:54.80.
5. Meredith returns four of the six runners who earned All-Conference honors last season.

• SEASON OPENER
  • Friday, Sept. 6 (8:15 p.m.) @ Elon Opener (Elon, N.C.)
• CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Friday, Oct. 30 (TBA) @ USA South Cross Country Championship (Brevard, N.C.)
• NATIONAL COMPETITION
  • Saturday, Nov. 14 (TBA) @ NCAA DIII South Regional (Earlysville, Va.)

12 Returners

5 Newcomers

15 of 17 athletes are natives of North Carolina

4 of 6 of Meredith’s All-USA South honorees return from last season.

After being hired in July 2019, Field Miller enters his eighth season as head coach of the Meredith College cross country and track & field programs in 2026.

Cross Country Highlights

• 2 USA South Team Championships (2022, 2023)
• 2x USA South Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)
• 1 USA South East Division Team Championship (Spring 2021)
• 2 NCAA National Qualifiers (Delaney Bundy, 2025; Corrine Weaver, 2021)
• 1 USA South Individual Champion (Delaney Bundy, 2025)
• 2 USA South Rookie Runners of the Year (Delaney Bundy, 2023; Amethyst Joseph, 2022)
• 34 All-Conference Honorees
• 7 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Awards 
• 4 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes

Under Miller's leadership, Meredith has emerged as one of the premier programs in the USA South Conference, achieving unprecedented success in both cross country and track & field while earning recognition at the conference, regional, and national levels.

The cross country program has enjoyed a historic run during Miller's tenure, capturing USA South Conference Championships in 2022 and 2023 after winning the USA South East Division Championship in the spring of 2021. Miller was named USA South Coach of the Year following both conference championship seasons in 2022 and 2023.

The Avenging Angels have continued to produce standout performers under Miller's guidance. 

In 2025, Delaney Bundy became Meredith's second NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship qualifier and captured the USA South individual championship. Since 2019, Meredith cross country has produced an NCAA national qualifier, a conference individual champion, two USA South Rookie Runners of the Year selections, 31 All-Conference performers, three USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes, and seven USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors.

Miller has also overseen significant growth and success within the track & field program. Since Meredith's addition to USA South indoor track & field competition, the program has expanded its roster and increased its impact at the conference level. Under his direction, the Avenging Angels have produced an NCAA national qualifier, two USA South Athletes of the Year, four individual conference champions, 23 All-Conference honorees, two USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes, and six USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards.