Alabama
NCAA South Regional
Alabama Cross Country to Compete in NCAA South Regional on Friday
11/8/2018 3:09:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide will face off against the region’s best at Florida State
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's and women's cross country teams will continue postseason competition this week with the 2018 NCAA South Regional at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday, Nov. 9. The women's 6,000-meter race will begin at 7:30 a.m. CT, followed by the men's 10,000-meter race at 8:30 a.m.
The top two teams in each race, along with the top four men's and women's individual finishers who are not members of those teams, will qualify for the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wis., on Nov. 17.
Alabama Entries
The Crimson Tide men will run seniors Alfred Chelanga and Connor Ferrentino, juniors Clay Austell, J.P. Brinyark and Oliver Rigg and sophomore Paul Selden.
Running for the Tide women will be senior Nicole Gardner, juniors Rebecca Buteau, Esther Gitahi and McKenzie Yanek, sophomores Maddie Dearborn and Shannon Marsh and freshman Megan Patton.
Alabama at the NCAA South Regional
The Crimson Tide men have won seven NCAA South Region titles (1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) and have posted consecutive top-six finishes in the last three seasons. The Tide women recorded a streak of six top-six regional finishes from 2011-2016. Individually, the UA men have won five South Region individual titles - three by David Kimani (2000, 2001, 2002) and one by Antibahs Kosgei (2015) and Gilbert Kigen (2017).
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