CALDWELL, N.J. -- Seniors Joey Datta (Edison, N.J.) and Alfredo Oidor (Garfield, N.J.) have been 1-2 for the Cougars men all year, as have senior Eliana McNamee (Springfield, N.J.) and sophomore Dayanara Grau (Union City, N.J.) this fall for the women. Both duos will look to set the pace as the 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Cross-Country Championships will be held on Sunday at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia. The men's 8,000-meter championship will take place at 9 a.m., followed by the women's 5,000-meter race at 10 a.m. The event will be hosted by Thomas Jefferson University.

The Cougar men, ranked seventh regionally, are looking for their first men's championship. At the front is Datta, who has won two straight CACC Championships. A third would be unprecedented (two other athletes have won two straight in league history).

Also expected to make major contributions to the CU men's squad's run at at title are freshman Luke Molyneux (Ocean Township, N.J.), junior Chad Manning (Belleville, N.J.) (41st, 27:41.30), sophomore Logan Kudla (Bloomfield, N.J.) (54th, 28:12.00) and sophomore Alex Jamieson (Portree, Scotland).

In addition to McNamee and Grau, Head Coach Kyle Price is looking for big things from freshman Ria Datta (Union, N.J; next at 28:08.98, senior Julia Carrino (Lyndhurst, N.J., 34:18.88), junior Chennaya Tschopp (Belleville, N.J.) and Nicole Martignoni Mercado (Fair Lawn, N.J.).

Fans can watch the finish line livestream of both events here.

The Cougars will next compete at the CAA DII East Region Championship in Rochester, N.Y. on Nov. 9.