November 10, 2017
Great Lakes Regional
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Admission to the Great Lakes Regional is $5 per person
SCHEDULE:
11:15 a.m. -- Women's 6K Great Lakes Regional Championship Race (Course Map)
12:15 p.m. -- Men's 10K Great Lakes Regional Championship Race (Course Map)
MEET PREVIEW:
Indiana State hosts the 2017 NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday, November 10 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in eastern Vigo County. The event begins at 11:15 a.m. with the women's 6K championship race and concludes at 12:15 pm with the men's 10K championship race.
?The cost of admission to the event is just $5 per person.
The women's 6K championship race features 33 teams and 297 individual competitors. Michigan enters the NCAA Great Lakes Regional as the top ranked team in the region and the No. 8 team in the nation. Wisconsin enters as the second ranked team regionally and is No. 17 in the nation. The third ranked team in the Great Lakes Regional is No. 3 Michigan State who is No. 21 in the nation. Ohio State is the fourth-highest ranked team in the Great Lakes and checks in at No. 25 nationally. Of the Top 30 teams in the nation, five hail from the Great Lakes Region as Eastern Michigan is No. 5 in the region and tied for 27th nationally.
Also in the Great Lakes Region rankings released on October 30 are: Indiana, Toledo, Miami (Ohio), Notre Dame, Purdue, Dayton, Oakland, Marquette, Xavier and Central Michigan.
The men's 10K Regional Championship Race features 30 teams and 268 individual competitors. There are three nationally ranked teams including No. 10 Michigan, No. 15 Michigan State and No. 25 Wisconsin. Those three schools go 1-2-3 in the Great Lakes Region rankings followed by Purdue in fourth and Eastern Michigan in fifth.
Outside of the top five, other teams appearing in the Great Lakes Regional Rankings and racing today on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course are: Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Miami (Ohio), Oakland, Marquette, Dayton, host Indiana State, Bowling Green and IUPUI.
This will mark the fifth time that the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Meet has been held in Terre Haute. The tradition began in 1998 and continued in 1999, 2001 and 2003. The meet returns to the Wabash Valley for the first time since 2003 today. Indiana State also hosted the District V Cross Country Championships at the Hulman Links Golf Course. Known as XC Town USA, Terre Haute has hosted the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships 12 times beginning in 2002 and continuing every year from 2004-2011 and then again in 2013, 2014 and 2016. The National Championship Meet returns again to Terre Haute in 2019.
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