BOSTON, Mass. - The Northeastern men's and women's cross country team return to Farmingdale, N.Y. to run in the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Friday, Nov. 13, at the Bethpage State Park. The women's 6K will start at 11 a.m. and the men's 10K will run at 12 p.m. The Northeastern women will start at box 15 and the men will start at box 24.
Live results will be posted on EliteFeats.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
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ALL-CAA RETURNERS: Four Huskies earned all-CAA honors two weeks ago at the CAA Championship, hosted at the same course as this weekend. For the women, grad students Meghan Rentner and Molly Latincsics led the Huskies and claimed all-CAA honors. Rentner placed seventh overall with a time of 21:00.05 and Latincsics placed 10th overall with a time of 21:13.8. For the men, sophomore Dawson French placed 11th overall (24:35.8) and grad student Hayden Kuhn placed 13th at a time of 24:41.8.
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LAY OF THE LAND: The Northeast Regionals will have 43 women's teams and 41 men's teams competing in each race. The top two teams from each race will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, with other schools hoping to earn at-large bids. The top four individual finishers who are not part of a qualifying team or an at-large selected team will advance to nationals. Going into the race for the women, Providence College (27th) and Boston College (30th) are ranked nationally, as for the men, Harvard (11th) and Syracuse (13th) are ranked nationally.
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THIS TIME LAST YEAR: Junior Nico Boyle returns this year after being the highest finishing Husky at last year's regionals (35th). French, senior Ryan Gruczka and sophomore Owen Blaisdell return with Boyle for the men. On the women's side, junior Anna Lonergan and sophomore Kirsten Melnik return for the Huskies.
If they qualify, the Huskies will head to the NCAA Championship, set for Saturday, Nov. 21, in Terre Haute, Ind.
WOMEN: Emersyn DePonte, Alanna Hagen, Molly Latincsics, Anna Lonergan, Emily McCann, Kirsten Melnik, Evelin Pires, Meghan Rentner.
TEAMS: Army West Point, Binghamton, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Buffalo, Canisius, Central Connecituct, Colgate, Columbia, Conneciticut, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fairfield, Fordham, Harvard, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Iona, LeMoyne, Long Island, Maine, Manhattan, Marist, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Niagara, Northeastern, Providence, Quinnipiac, Rhode Island, Sacred Heart, Siena, St. Bonaventure, Stonehill, Stony Brook, Syracuse, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, Vermont, Wagner, Yale.
MEN: Owen Blaisdell, Nico Boyle, Dawson French, Ryan Gruczka, Hayden Kuhn, Landon Sarney, Jack Seagroatt.
TEAMS: Army West Point, Binghamton, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Buffalo, Canisius, Central Connecituct, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fairfield, Fordham, Harvard, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Iona, LeMoyne, Maine, Manhattan, Marist, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Niagara, Northeastern, Providence, Quinnipiac, Rhode Island, Sacred Heart, Siena, St. Bonaventure, Stonehill, Stony Brook, Syracuse, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, Vermont, Wagner, Yale.
