This Week in WAC Cross Country - Sept. 25
This Week in WAC Cross Country - Sept. 25
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Six schools take to the course this week, beginning on Friday evening with Kansas City heading to Columbia for the Mizzou XC Challenge. On Saturday, California Baptist heads to Minnesota for the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis. Chicago State remains in the Windy City for the Sean Earl Invitational, hosted by Loyola-Chicago. Grand Canyon and NM State will race against each other at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento, Calif. while CSU Bakersfield heads to Santa Clarita for The Master's 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, the Utah Valley men fell one spot to 15thwhile on the women's side, UVU comes in at 10th. UT Rio Grande Valley is ranked 12th in both the men's and women's South Central Region. In the West Region, the California Baptist men are ranked 10th and the women, who are also among those teams receiving votes in the national poll, are ranked seventh.
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.