MEET INFO
- Panorama Farms | Earlysville, Virginia
- Women's 6K, 9 A.M. CT
- Men's 10K, 10 A.M. CT
- Live Results
- Meet Central
ABOUT THE TOPS
- WKU last competed in the Conference USA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1 in Huntsville, Ala. The men claimed seventh while the women took home ninth.
- Kinley Kunkel set another new best in the 6k race, finishing in 20:36, good for seventh place and First Team All-CUSA.
- Kunkel improved over 28 seconds from her previous PR set at the Angel Mounds Invitational on Oct. 17.
- Kunkel's time is the third best in program history in the women's 6k.
- Her time is also the best in a 6k race since joining Conference USA back in 2014.
- Kunkel is just the third ever for WKU to earn First Team All-CUSA and the first since 2015.
- Kunkel has now finished in the top-10 in three of four meets this season.
- In total, 10 Hilltoppers finished with a new personal best at the Championships on Nov. 1. Five for the women and five for the men.
- Brooke Greenwell finished within the top-50, taking 47th with a personal best mark of 21:56.
- Jake Younger led the way for the men in the championship race, finishing in 25:03, good for 28th place.
- Mikie Carnell followed close behind and set PR while claiming 32nd place.
- Another freshman in Sam Herbig joined Carnell and set a PR with a mark of 25:30.
- Trevor Hudnall also set a personal best finishing in 25:35 and cracking the top-40.
ABOUT THE MEET
- Saturday's regional meet marks the second consecutive season that the Hilltoppers have competed.
- This year WKU will run 12 athletes at the meet compared to just two from a year ago.
- Kinley Kunkel also ran in the meet last season, finishing up in 87th place.
- Last year's meet was held in Rock Hill S.C. and was hosted by Winthrop University.
- ACC schools swept the team titles last season as Virginia claimed the women's title and NC State took the men's.
- The top-two finishing teams from both races advance to the NCAA Championships.
A LOOK AT THE FIELD
- The men's field is highlighted by four ACC squads that head up the rankings in Virginia, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina.
- The women's field finds three ACC teams atop the rankings in NC State, North Carolina, and Virginia.
- Conference USA foe Liberty finds itself in the top-10 in both regional rankings as well, checking in at No. 10 in each.
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