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CROSS COUNTRY CENTRAL: Pre Nationals
October 12, 2017 | Track & Field
Tennessee heads to E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville; both squads will run in seeded races
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Pre National Invitational presented by adidas on Oct. 14 at E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
NCAA Division I Pre National Invitational
RACE DAY INFO
- Date: Oct. 14, 2017
- Location: E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park
- Host: Louisville Cardinals
- Men's Red Seeded Race: 10 a.m. ET
- Women's Red Seeded Race: 10:45 a.m. ET
- Race Info: Live Results | Entries | Race Assignments | Participant Manual
- Meet Central: Click Here
- Directions/Course Info: Click Here
- Course Maps: Men's 8K | Women's 6K
Tennessee Men Competing
Alex Crigger
Gashaw Duhamel
John Elrod
Conner Hawkins
Andre Hillsman
Adam Johnston
Drew Kelley
Zach Long
Wesley Robinson
David Savic
Brad Swiney
Tennessee Women Competing
Cassidy Giles
Taylor Luthringer
Peighton Meske
Megan Murray
Emma Reed
Alaina Riordan
Niamh Schumacher
Abigail Smith
Rachel Ware
The UT men will run in the Men's 8K Red Seeded Race at 10 a.m. ET and the UT women will run in the Women's 6K Red Seeded Race at 10:45 a.m. ET. For live results, CLICK HERE
E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park is also the site of the 2017 NCAA Division I cross country championships on Nov. 18.
"We have had a great lead up of training," Tennessee director of track and field and cross country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "We came off of the meet in Pennsylvania relatively unscathed. Everybody came through healthy and we put together a great training cycle, all the way through last weekend. We are fresh and excited to race again. Many of our team members have been on this course before. There are a few freshmen who haven't, but most of everyone has been on this course before. We feel confident going in and we are thrilled that Louisville is hosting the nationals and get a shot to take a look at this course and see if this race favors the Vols as we go forward."
The field for the Men's 8K Red Seeded Race includes: Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Boston University, Brown, Butler, BYU, Campbell, Central Michigan, Charlotte, Clemson, Colorado, Dartmouth, Dayton, Eastern Washington, Elon, Georgetown, Georgia, Gonzaga, Houston, Indiana State, Kansas, Liberty, Miami (Ohio), Missouri, Morehead State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Rice, Saint Louis, South Dakota State, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Texas, UMass Lowell, UMKC, Utah State, UTEP, Virginia Tech, Weber State, Wyoming and Yale.
The field for the Women's 6K Red Seeded Race includes: Abilene Christian, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Boston College, Bowling Green, Brown, BYU, Central Michigan, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Washington, Georgia, Gonzaga, Iona, Louisville, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Northern Arizona, Northwestern, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rice, Richmond, SMU, South Dakota State, Tennessee, Texas, TCU, Toledo, Tulane, UMass Lowell, Utah State, UTEP, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Weber State and Wyoming.
Alex Crigger, Gashaw Duhamel, John Elrod, Conner Hawkins, Andre Hillsman, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley, Zach Long, Wesley Robinson, David Savic and Brad Swiney are slated to run for the Tennessee men. The UT men are coming off a 16th-place finish at the 44th annual Paul Short Run presented by Asics on Sept. 29. Long finished 10th and was named the SEC Cross Country Men's Runner of the Week, becoming the first UT man to win that award since Zach Sabatino on Sept. 27, 2005. Savic will make his season debut on Saturday.
Cassidy Giles, Taylor Luthringer, Peighton Meske, Megan Murray, Emma Reed, Alaina Riordan, Niamh Schumacher, Abigail Smith and Rachel Ware will run for the Tennessee women. The UT women are coming off a 24th-place finish at the 44th annual Paul Short Run presented by Asics on Sept. 29. Murray finished 17th in the women's 6K. Ware will make her UT debut on Saturday.
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