Men's Cross Country Heads North

9/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Sept. 21, 1999

MILWAUKEE, Wis.

UP NEXT Dave Uhrich?s Marquette men?s cross country team is back in action this weekend at the University of Minnesota?s Roy Griak Invitational on Sat., Sept. 25. With over 210 teams and 2,000 runners competing in six races, the Griak is one of the country?s largest cross country invitationals. The Division I men's ?Gold Race?, featuring 22 teams, gets underway at 11 a.m. (CT). The 8K course is being run on the University of Minnesota?s Les Bolstad Course in Falcon Heights.

Last year?s team champion Providence will be back to defend its title this season, but will be without last year?s individual champion, Ben Noad, who took the title with a time of 24:25. Noad was the only back-to-back winner in the Gold Race in the history of the invitational. Nebraska?s Jonah Kiptarus holds the course record time of 23:57, set in 1996.