BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Cross Country will be on the road this weekend as the team heads to the Golden Eagle Invite at Tennessee Tech. The event will begin on Saturday, with the women starting at 8:30 a.m. and then the men to follow at 9:30 a.m.
The meet will have a new locale this year, as teams will compete at the Putnam County Athletic Complex near Cookeville High School rather than Ironwood Golf Course, the site for the previous two years. The Putnam County course is flatter than Ironwood, which should make it easier on the competitors to clock better times.
Four teams will make their way to Cookeville to be a part of the season opener, headlined by Ohio State of the Big Ten Conference and Western Kentucky from Conference USA. Also in attendance will be Division II Lane College, along with Welch College of the National Christian College Athletic Association.
Making the trip to the Volunteer State this weekend for the men's squad are Matthew Wininger, Emerson Wells, Dedrick Troxell, Michael Sherman and Luke Hoover. On the women's side it will be Brianna Wolken, Heather Whitlow, Abby Luce, Morgan Kannapel and Aairiona Hayden-Ransom.
The Lady Toppers are looking for another solid performance by the freshman Whitlow, who ran a mark of 21:29.12 and finished 22nd at the Belmont Opener. The men's squad is led by Wininger (16:49.46, 20th) and Troxell (16:57.94 (22nd), who are also coming off impressive performances last week.
This marks the second of four consecutive weekends that the WKU distance squads will head to Tennessee. In the next trip, the Hilltoppers will be back in Nashville for the Vanderbilt Invite on Sept. 15.
How to follow WKU Cross Country: For complete information on WKU Cross Country, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUTrackField.
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