CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga men's and women's cross country teams make their way to Huntsville, Ala., for the Southern Showcase hosted by Jacksonville State at Hunt Park. This meet serves as a preview for the NCAA South Region Championships to be run at Hunt Park on November 14.
MEET DAY INFORMATION
Mocs at Southern Showcase
Hosted by Jacksonville State
Huntsville, Ala. | John Hunt Park
Men's 8K - 8:30 a.m. EDT
Women's 5K – 9:30 a.m. EDT
THE FIELD
• Southern Conference Schools
East Tennessee State, Mercer
• Entire Field
- Alabama, Alabama A&M, Alabama-Huntsville, Arkansas Tech (women), Belmont, Blue Mountain, Campbellsville, Carson-Newman, Central Arizona, Chattanooga, Concord, Cumberlands, Delaware (women), East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Freed-Hardeman, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Lee, Lipscomb, Louisville, Marshall, Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Miles, Mississippi College, North Alabama, Pasco-Hernando State College, Pellissippi State CC, SCAD Atlanta, South Alabama, South Florida, Southern Indiana, Southern Miss (women), Stetson, Talladega, Tampa (men), Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin, Trevecca Nazarene, Troy, UCF, UVA-Wise, West Georgia, Western Kentucky, William Carey and Young Harris.
THE MOCS
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Derek Mitchell led the Mocs in the season opener at Tennessee. All-Conference performer
Jack Martin is expected to take the course.
• Freshman
Bella King stepped up to lead UTC at the Tennessee Invitational. Veterans
Leah Boyd, Lexi Foley and
Andrea Ellis will make their season debut.
WORDS FROM HEAD COACH STEVE PICUCCI
"We are looking forward to having the full team racing Friday in Huntsville. We will have some great competition with many of the top team in the South region racing tomorrow."
"It's still early in the season, but the teams have been practicing well and hopefully that leads to some breakthroughs on the course."
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