CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Several alumni of the Charlotte cross country and track & field programs will be running in the Blue Ridge Relay starting Friday, Sept. 9 and finishing on Saturday, Sept. 10.
The race, which features 36 legs over 209.2 total miles, will begin in Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia and finish in downtown Asheville, N.C. Each competing team will include between four and 12 participants which will rotate for an estimated 23 to 34 hours in order to complete the race.
Alumni Edwin Schlichter, Ryan Jank, Chase Eckard, Ben Hovis, Michael Tamayo, Chris Capps and Mike Beigay will all be competing for the Charlotte Running Club while Javan Lapp will be competing for their rival, the Asheville Running Collective.