Saturday, October 13
Madison, WI
8:00 AM
University of Arizona
vs
Pre-NCAA XC Invitational
Photo by: Arizona Athletics
Cats Head to Madison For Wisconsin Pre National
10/11/2018 | Cross Country
Tucson, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Cross Country program will travel to Madison, Wis. to compete in the 2018 NCAA Pre-National. Competition is set to begin on Saturday, October 13th with the ladies running in a 6K race at 8 a.m. MST and the men will run in an 8K race at 10:15 a.m. MST.
This year's Pre-Nationals will consist of two evenly seeded races per gender, the "Cardinal" and "White" races. In addition, teams not selected to compete in the seeded races will be placed in the "Grey" race. There will be a maximum of 35 teams in each of the seeded races for a total of 70 teams. Each team that is selected to compete in a seeded race can only run seven athletes.
Teams can run an additional five athletes in the "Grey" race. Teams that are not selected to compete in the "Cardinal" or "White' race can run up to twelve athletes in the "Grey" race. Seeding of the 2018 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals will be by an impartial seeding committee. The Cats will be competing in the ladies' Cardinal race and men's White race.
"This is going to be a big week for our races, probably the biggest in the country this year," said head cross country coach James Li. "We are as ready as we can be, the last couple of weeks people have been banged up but we are improving. We are really looking forward to running a big race against some of the best division one teams and running the course hosting the national championships. We can feel people are improving and this is going to be a great opportunity for us to race."
Jennie Barager-Petrash, Keelah Barger, Grace David, Alaina Kautz, Lauren Neugeboren, Hannah Whetzel and Addi Zerrenner will compete in the NCAA Pre-National.
For the men, Hunter Davila, Shem Kemboi, Ryan Matson, Connor McCabe, Travis Thorne, Seamus White and Carlos Villarreal will make the trip.
Last time out, the Cats competed in the Loyola Lakefront Invitational. Villarreal, Zerrenner and Barager-Petrash each recorded their second consecutive top-10 finish individually. The men's squad finished fourth and bumped up to No. 14 in the USTFCCCA West Region Poll.
The men's team has not finished outside the top four in team scoring this season, with its best finish coming at the Dave Murray Invitational where they won with a season low score of 20 points. Individually, the men have finished in the top 10 on seven occasions, with Villarreal finishing winning the Dave Murray Invitational.
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Fans can keep up with the latest in Arizona Cross Country by following us on Facebook (Facebook.com/ArizonaTrack), Twitter (@ArizonaTrack), Instagram (arizonatrack & arizonacrosscountry) and YouTube (Youtube.com/arizonawildcatstrack) accounts.
This year's Pre-Nationals will consist of two evenly seeded races per gender, the "Cardinal" and "White" races. In addition, teams not selected to compete in the seeded races will be placed in the "Grey" race. There will be a maximum of 35 teams in each of the seeded races for a total of 70 teams. Each team that is selected to compete in a seeded race can only run seven athletes.
Teams can run an additional five athletes in the "Grey" race. Teams that are not selected to compete in the "Cardinal" or "White' race can run up to twelve athletes in the "Grey" race. Seeding of the 2018 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals will be by an impartial seeding committee. The Cats will be competing in the ladies' Cardinal race and men's White race.
"This is going to be a big week for our races, probably the biggest in the country this year," said head cross country coach James Li. "We are as ready as we can be, the last couple of weeks people have been banged up but we are improving. We are really looking forward to running a big race against some of the best division one teams and running the course hosting the national championships. We can feel people are improving and this is going to be a great opportunity for us to race."
Jennie Barager-Petrash, Keelah Barger, Grace David, Alaina Kautz, Lauren Neugeboren, Hannah Whetzel and Addi Zerrenner will compete in the NCAA Pre-National.
For the men, Hunter Davila, Shem Kemboi, Ryan Matson, Connor McCabe, Travis Thorne, Seamus White and Carlos Villarreal will make the trip.
Last time out, the Cats competed in the Loyola Lakefront Invitational. Villarreal, Zerrenner and Barager-Petrash each recorded their second consecutive top-10 finish individually. The men's squad finished fourth and bumped up to No. 14 in the USTFCCCA West Region Poll.
The men's team has not finished outside the top four in team scoring this season, with its best finish coming at the Dave Murray Invitational where they won with a season low score of 20 points. Individually, the men have finished in the top 10 on seven occasions, with Villarreal finishing winning the Dave Murray Invitational.
FOLLOW THE WILDCATS
Fans can keep up with the latest in Arizona Cross Country by following us on Facebook (Facebook.com/ArizonaTrack), Twitter (@ArizonaTrack), Instagram (arizonatrack & arizonacrosscountry) and YouTube (Youtube.com/arizonawildcatstrack) accounts.
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