Full Razorback squad races on NCAA Championship course
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Arkansas races on the Panorama Farms course that will host the NCAA Championships in November on Saturday among a field of 38 teams, which includes three other top 30 nationally ranked squads in addition to the No. 21 Razorbacks.
Additional nationally ranked teams competing in the Pre-Nationals hosted by Virginia include the No. 10 host Cavaliers, No. 17 Tennessee, and No. 28 Cal Poly.
“It’s a great opportunity this weekend to stretch our legs a little bit and get an idea of how really good this team is,” noted Arkansas men’s head coach Chris Bucknam. “We had a good opener at Chile Pepper, which is a worthwhile meet for us and a lot of fun.
“Now it gets real. This is a tough course and it’s going to challenge us. We’re going to get a chance to take a peek at this thing, because hopefully we’ll be back here for the NCAA Championships in November.”
All nine cross country regions have a least one top 15 regionally ranked program in the race with a total of 30 of the 38 programs in the field.
Additional teams include the following, separated by region:
| Great Lakes | Purdue (6), Miami [Ohio] (8) |
| Mid-Atlantic | LaSalle (6), Pittsburgh (7), Penn (8) |
| Midwest | Minnesota (7), Kansas (8), Missouri (12), Kansas State (14) |
| Mountain | Wyoming (7), Montana State (9), Weber State (10), Kansas State (14) |
| Northeast | Yale (4), Cornell (8), Dartmouth (9), UMass Lowell (13) |
| South | Tennessee (1), Lipscomb (7) |
| South Central | Arkansas (2) |
| Southeast | Virginia (2), UNC Charlotte (6), Duke (7), Virginia Tech (9), Liberty (10) |
| West | Cal Poly (10), Santa Clara (9), Washington State (10), Arizona (11) |