This Week in WAC Cross Country - Oct. 16
This Week in WAC Cross Country - Oct. 16
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It's the final regular season meet for most of the WAC with all nine schools running this weekend. Chicago State and Kansas City will open up the docket on Friday at the Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Ill. On Saturday, California Baptist and UT Rio Grande Valley will both be a the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station, Texas. CBU will also race at the UCR Highlander Invitational and will be joined by CSU Bakersfield and NM State. The final meet is the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational where runners from Grand Canyon, Seattle U and Utah Valley will face off.
REGIONALLY RANKED
Two men's teams and three women's teams were listed in the latest USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings. In the Mountain Region, the Utah Valley men moved up to 10th while on the women's side, UVU comes in at 12th. UT Rio Grande Valley is ranked 12th on the women's side in the South Central Region. In the West Region, the California Baptist men are ranked 10th and the women moved up one spot to sixth.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2019 WAC Cross Country Championships are headed to the Show-Me State and will be hosted by Kansas City. The event will take place at Swope Park. California Baptist will look for a second straight women's title while Utah Valley heads to KC as the defending champion on the men's side.
NCAA REGIONALS
The 2019 Cross Country Regionals will be held at nine sites throughout the country on Friday, Nov. 15. WAC teams will be represented in four locations. The West Region will be held in Colfax, Wash. (Host: Washington State), the Mountain Region will be held in Salt Lake City (Host: Utah), the South Central Regional will take place in Fayetteville, Ark. (Host: Arkansas) and the Midwest Region will take place in Stillwater, Okla. (Host: Oklahoma State).
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2019 Cross Country National Championships will take place in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 23, and is hosted by Indiana State. The race will take place at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
ELEVEN WAC CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS EARN USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS
A total of 11 WAC cross country teams were honored for their success in the classroom, as well as on the course, by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, earning Team Academic Awards.
Both the men and women from California Baptist, Grand Canyon, Kansas City, Seattle U and Utah Valley were honored. The NM State women also earned the academic award.
NM State had the top women's GPA among WAC schools at 3.67. Grand Canyon boasted the top GPA among the men's teams with a 3.63 mark. To qualify, a team must hold a combined cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.