The UTM cross country squads will compete against some of the nation’s best teams when racing at the NCAA South Region Championship on Friday, Nov. 15, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida.
Both races will be streamed live on FloTrack.org.
Florida State University will host the 2019 NCAA South Region Championships. The women’s 6k race will be ran at 7:30 a.m. with the men’s 10k to follow at 8:30 a.m. Both times are CST.
The top two teams from each of the nine regionals will qualify for the NCAA Championship on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Thirteen other teams will be at-large selections chosen by the NCAA Division I track and field and cross country subcommittee.
In addition, 36 individuals will automatically qualify for the championship by being one of the top four regional finishers not on an advancing team. Two additional individuals are at-large selections by the subcommittee.
At the OVC Championships, the Skyhawks saw reigning OVC Athlete of the Year Alexis Grandys earn All-OVC first team honors while Erica Fisher, Agok Ayuen, Alex Schell and Daniel Smith garnered All-OVC second team selections with top-14 finishes in the championship.
UTM would finish fourth in the men’s race while securing a fifth-place finish on the women’s side, with both ranking as program-best placements.
