WAVERLY, Iowa – The Illinois Wesleyan University cross country teams are set to compete at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional on Saturday, Nov.11, at Max Cross Country Course hosted by Wartburg College.The women’s team is currently ranked 10th in the Midwest Region by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, while the men’s team will look to build on a strong conference showing.
The regional meet serves as a qualifier for the NCAA Division III National Championships. The top teams and individual finishers will advance to the national meet, scheduled for Nov. 18 in Newville, pennsylvania. Illinois Wesleyan’s women’s program finished third at the CCIW Championships with 92 points, and the men’s squad placed fifth with 153 points – an improvement from their previous season’s result.
Adriana Crabtree (Normal, Ill.-University High) leads the Titan women, seeking her fifth victory of the season and sixth overall. She recently matched a 22-year-old CCIW Championship record, finishing the race in a program-record time of 21:05.1. Brooke Nazos (Batavia, Ill.-Batavia) earned Second Team all-CCIW accolades for the third consecutive season with a 16th-place finish at the CCIW Championship.
On the men’s side, Zack Daniel (Lake Barrington, Ill.-Barrington) was the sole All-CCIW finisher, claiming 12th-place with a career-best time of 25:43.2 – the 12th-best time in IWU history.
Both teams have prior experience at the Max cross Country Course, having competed at the Dan hutson Invite on Oct. 4, where five Titans recorded career-best times. Crabtree finished fourth at that event.
The men’s 8k race will begin at 11 a.m., followed by the women’s race at noon.Live stats will be available at https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/58512.
