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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - For the third time of their careers, WKU Cross Country's Endalow Takele and Lindsey Hinken will be competing at the NCAA Southeast Regional. The 2016 event is being hosted by the University of Virginia at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Virginia.
On the women's side, the start gun is slated for 10 a.m. CT. A map of the 6K course can be viewed here. Hinken will be one of 301 runners at the 2016 NCAA Southeast Regional. Additionally, WKU is one of 38 programs to be represented in the competitor field.
In her two previous NCAA regional appearances, Hinken most recently in 2015 finished 22nd with a time of 21:31.20, and secured a 54th place finish during the 2012 competition (21:53.60).
The men's 10K race is schedule to begin at 11 a.m. CT. A course map can be seen here. On the men's side, Takele is one of 278 entries in the race. WKU is one of 36 cross country programs represented in the 2016 NCAA Men's Southeast Regional.
Takele also competed in the 2015 event, earning a new personal-best time of 31:02.3 to finish just outside of the top 50. A year prior, Takele finished with a mark of 33:05.4 to take 143rd in the field.
The Southeast Regional is one of nine NCAA Regional sites across the country in 2016. A total of 31 teams will qualify for next weekend's NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. Automatic qualification will be given to the top two teams at each of the nine regionals. The remaining 13 slots will be filled in an at-large selection process. Individually, 38 additional athletes will be added to the NCAA Championships field and the top four runners at each regional not on a qualifying team will be automatically selected.
