Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional this Friday hosted by the University of Missouri. The women's race will begin at 11 a.m. competing at the 6K distance while the men will run at Noon at the 10K distance. The event will be run at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course and be streamed live on YouTube.
The EIU men and women enter the Midwest Regional as the Ohio Valley Conference Champions as the Panther men won their third straight OVC title and tenth overall two weeks ago in Cookeville, Tenn. The EIU women won their third ever OVC Championship. The Panther men climbed into the final regular season NCAA Regional rankings landing at No. 14 heading to this week's race.
At the OVC Championships, Dustin Hatfield and Adam Swanson both earned first team All-OVC honors for the men while Kate Bushue and Mackenzie Aldridge earned first team honors for the women.
The EIU women added second team All-OVC efforts from Sarah Carr and Katie Springer while Andrew Pilat earned second team All-OVC honors for the men.
Last season EIU had both Dustin Hatfield and Lindsey Carlson earn All-Region honors for the EIU men and women with Top 25 finishes. Hatfield would go on to compete at the NCAA National Championships. This year's NCAA National Championship will be hosted by Oklahoma State on November 19.
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