Alabama
SEC Preview Meet
Alabama Travels to Auburn for the SEC Preview Meet on Friday
9/6/2018 4:53:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Crimson Tide cross country teams will face off against four SEC opponents
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Crimson Tide cross country teams travel to Auburn, Ala., for the SEC Preview Meet on Friday morning at Indian Pines Golf Course. The men will run a 6,000-meter race at 8:30 a.m. CT, followed by the women's 4,000-meter race at 9 a.m. CT. The Tide will face host Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in this weekend's meet. Alabama is scheduled to run five men and 14 women on Friday.
Alabama Line-Ups
The Tide men will run senior Connor Ferrentino; junior Oliver Rigg; sophomores Noah Karr and Paul Selden and freshman Payton Ash.
Running for the UA women will be seniors Nicole Gardner and Brianna Koshy; juniors Caroline Brooks, Rebecca Buteau, Brittany Tolson, Haley Wright and McKenzie Yanek; sophomores Madison Dearborn, Margot Dooley and Eliza Witherspoon and freshmen Lauren Brackin, Savannah Noethlich, Megan Patton and Riley Schelp.
Head Coach Dan Waters' Outlook
"I thought we did some good things in last week's meet. We had several freshmen who got their first taste of college cross country and I felt they handled it well. It gives us a base to build off of as we move through our schedule. This weekend will give us an opportunity to get a look at the course we'll run on at the SEC Championships next month as well as see how we stack up against several of our conference opponents."
Next Meet: Nuttycombe Invitational
The Crimson Tide will be off the next two weeks to prep for its next outing at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Sept. 28 in Madison, Wis. Considered one of the premier meets on the cross country circuit over the past decade, the 2018 Nuttycombe will once again feature a stacked field.
The sixth-ranked Crimson Tide is one of 19 preseason top-30 men's teams scheduled to compete, including top-20 programs Northern Arizona (1), Portland (3), Iowa State (5), Colorado (7), Colorado State (9), Wisconsin (11), Washington State (13), Southern Utah (14), Air Force (16) and Iona (17).
The women's field features 16 preseason top-30 programs, including top-20 New Mexico (1), Colorado (2), Boise State (5), North Carolina State (6), Wisconsin (7), Villanova (8), Arkansas (9), Providence (11), Penn State (12), Michigan State (15) and Iowa State (17).
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