This Week in WAC Cross Country - Sept. 11
This Week in WAC Cross Country - Sept. 11
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STARTING LINE
Four teams take to the course for second time this season around the WAC. On Friday, NM State makes the short trip to El Paso for the Lori Fitzgerald Open. Seattle U heads to the other side of the state for the West Region Preview in Colfax, Wash. and UT Rio Grande Valley travels to College Station for the Texas A&M Invitational. On Saturday morning, California Baptist heads down the road for the UC Riverside Invitational.
REGIONALLY RANKED
Three men's teams and three women's teams were listed in the USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings. In the Mountain Region, both the Utah Valley men and women are ranked 14th to open the season. UT Rio Grande Valley also has both programs ranked, with the men coming in at sixth in the South Central Region and the women comeing in at eighth. California Baptist is represented in both West Region rankings with the men ranked 15th and the women ranked eighth.
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.