University of Louisville Men's Cross Country

Director of Track & Field and Cross Country - 3rd season Team Accomplishments at Louisville • Led the Louisville women to a runner-up finish at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Championships, their best finish at the meet in program history, after placing third at the 2025 ACC Indoor Championships earlier in the season • Guided the women's team to a 17th-place finish and the men's team to a 23rd-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the first time in school history that both teams posted top-25 finishes at the national championship meet in the same season • Led the Louisville men's cross country team to an at-large bid at the 2025 ACC Cross Country Championships, their first appearance as a unit at the national championship meet in a decade Athlete Honors at Louisville • 1 NCAA Champion • 23 USTFCCCA All-Americans (1 Cross Country, 8 Indoor, 14 Outdoor) • 37 NCAA Championships Qualifications (8 Cross Country, 10 Indoor, 19 Outdoor) • 12 ACC Conference Champions (7 Indoor, 5 Outdoor) • 72 All-ACC Selections (4 Cross Country, 40 Indoor, 28 Outdoor) • 41 NCAA East Regional Qualifications • 40 Program Records • 24 Freshman Records • 6 ACC Performers of the Year • 4 USTFCCCA Southeast Regional Performers of the Year • 1 Olympian Franklin Year-by-Year Postseason Record Year XC ACC Finish ITF ACC Finish OTF ACC Finish XC NCAA Finish ITF NCAA Finish OTF NCAA Finish 2023-24 Men: 14th (429 pts) Women: 13th (333 pts) Men: 7th (48 pts) Women: 9th (34 pts) Men: 12th (20 pts) Women: 8th

Assistant Coach (Distance) - 3rd season Athlete Honors at Louisville • 4 USTFCCCA All-Americans (1 Cross Country, 1 Indoor, 2 Outdoor) • 12 NCAA Championships Qualifications (8 Cross Country, 1 Indoor, 3 Outdoor) • 10 All-ACC Selections (4 Cross Country, 3 Indoor, 3 Outdoor) • 5 NCAA East Regional Qualifications • 16 Program Records • 15 Freshman Records • 1 ACC Performer of the Year Baylee Mires was added to the Louisville track & field/cross country coaching staff as an assistant distance coach on July 25, 2023. During her time at UofL, Mires has helped guide the Louisville distance squad to four USTFCCCA All-American honors, 12 NCAA Championships qualifications, 10 All-ACC honors, and five NCAA Regionals bids. 2025-26 Cross Country In her third cross country season with the Louisville program, Mires helped lead the Louisville men to their first appearance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships since the 2015 campaign. At the national championship meet, the Cardinals finished 26th in the team standings and were led by freshman Elsingi Kipruto, who placed 39th individually to become the sixth male to earn All-American honors in program history. At the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, the men’s squad placed sixth as a team for their best finish at the meet in a decade while the team finished eighth at the ACC Championships for their best conference championship finish since 2016. On the women’s side, the team captured the Southern Showcase title in their season debut b

Brianna McCarthy currently serves as the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Operations & Academic Services. She oversees the day-to-day operations and academic support for the men's and women's track & field/cross country program. McCarthy also coordinates the athletic department's national and conference academic award nominations. She has completed the UofL Athletics Leadership Development Institute (2023) and Coaching the Whole Athlete Program, ACC Athletic Leaders program (2024). Brianna came to UofL in March 2020 from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She joined SIUE Athletics Academic Advising as a graduate assistant in August 2016 and was named academic advisor in June 2018. She provided academic support for baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling. Her responsibilities also included serving as the advisor for SAAC (student-athlete advisory committee), member of the student-athlete care team, and coordinated the end-of-year award show for the athletic department. In 2019, Brianna was named the SIUE Kimmel Student Involvement New Advisor of the Year. A native of California, Kentucky, McCarthy was a track & field student-athlete at Murray State University from 2011 to 2016. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Murray State University in 2016 and a Master of Science in Education-College Student Personnel Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2018. She is a member of the National As