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Ohio Valley Conference schools will compete at three NCAA Cross Country Regionals this Friday (Nov. 15). Teams and school are looking for good performances to advance to the National Championship Meet in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday, Nov. 23.
The top two teams from each of the nine regionals will qualify for the NCAA Championship. Thirteen (13) other teams will be at-large selections chosen by the NCAA Division I track and field and cross country sub-committee (and announced no later than 3 p.m. ET on Saturday). 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 sub-committee.
The Eastern Kentucky men's team enters the regionals ranked No. 17 nationally in the USTFCCA poll and No. 1 in the Southeast Region. The Colonels are looking to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the third-straight season; no OVC team has done that since Western Kentucky appeared in three-straight NCAA Championships from 1978-80. EKU was 26th at the 2011 NCAA Championship and improved by two spots to 24th last season. Senior All-American Soufiane Bouchikhi, who became just the fourth runner in OVC history to win four-straight OVC Championships, has improved his performance at the national meet each season. Bouchikhi was 49th as a freshman, 47th as a sophomore and 40th as a junior.
Austin Peay, Belmont, Jacksonville State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin will be competing at the South Region Meet hosted by the Alabama. The men's 10K race begins at 10 a.m. CT while the women's 6K follows at 11:15 a.m. The race will be run at the Harry Pritchett Running Park for the second time in three years.
Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State and Murray State will run at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Va. The men's 10K race begins at Noon ET with the women's 6K following at 1:15 p.m. The University of Virginia is the host of the regional.
Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and SIUE will compete at the Midwest Region Meet in Ames, Iowa. The men's 10K begins at Noon CT with the women's 6K following at 1:15 p.m. Iowa State will serve as the host for the regional.
South Region Meet (Austin Peay, Belmont, Jacksonville State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin)
Host: University of Alabama
City: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Competition Site: Harry Pritchett Running Park
Regional Website
Southeast Region Meet (Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State, Murray State)
Host: University of Virginia
City: Earlysville, Va.
Competition Site: Panorama Farms
Regional Website
Midwest Region Meet (Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, SIUE)
Host: Iowa State University
City: Ames, Iowa
Competition Site: Iowa State University Cross Country Course
Regional Website