SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University cross country program will host one of the largest Division II-specific meets in the country this Saturday with the Rock Pre-Nationals at the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh.
 
"This will be the first chance we have to show off the hard work so many people associated with our program have put into this new course down in Pittsburgh," said head coach John Papa. "Outside of the National Championship meets we have hosted in the past, this will be the biggest college meet we've ever hosted and it will feature some of the very best teams and individual runners in the country."
 
The Rock Pre-Nationals will mark the first time runners will see the course that will be used for the 2018 NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Championships Nov. 17 and the NCAA Division II National Championships Dec. 1, both of which SRU will also host.
 
EVENT DETAILS
• Event: Rock Pre-Nationals
• Date: Oct. 20, 2018
• Location: Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• GPS Address: 5370 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
 
SCHEDULE
• 10:30 a.m. (EST): Men's 8,000m
• 11:30 a.m. (EST): Women's 6,000m
 
COURSE MAPS (individual winners will set inaugural course records)
• Women's 6K Map
• Men's 8K Map
 
BREAKING DOWN THE FIELD
• 32 total Division II teams
• Colleges from 10 different states
• Six nationally ranked men's teams
• Three top-10 nationally ranked men's teams
• Six nationally ranked women's teams
• 18 teams from the Atlantic Region
• 10 teams from the PSAC
 
TEAMS COMPETING (current national rankings listed in parenthesis)
• Anderson, S.C. • Ashland, Ohio • Assumption, Mass. • Bloomsburg, Pa. • Cedarville, Ohio • Charleston, W.Va. • Concord, W.Va. • Colorado School of Mines, Colo. (women 6th, men 3rd) • Davis and Elkins, W.Va. • Edinboro, Pa. (women 20th, men 25th) • Fairmont State, W.Va. • Findlay, Ohio • Gannon, Pa. • Hillsdale, Mich. (women 18th) • Indiana, Pa. • Kutztown, Pa. • Lake Erie, Ohio • Lock Haven, Pa. • Malone, Ohio (men 21st) • Mercyhurst, Pa. • Mount Olive, N.C. (women 23rd, men 9th) • Palm Beach Atlantic, Fla. • Queens, N.C. (women 17th, men 6th) • Roberts Wesleyan, N.Y. • Seton Hill, Pa. • Slippery Rock, Pa. • Tampa, Fla. • Walsh, Ohio (women 16th, men 15th) • West Chester, Pa. • West Liberty, W.Va. • West Virginia Wesleyan, W.Va. • Wheeling Jesuit, W.Va.

10 STATES REPRESENTED BY COLLEGES
•  Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia
 
41 STATES REPRESENTED BY RUNNERS
• 41 different states will be represented by runners in the meet.
• States not represented include: Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.
 
16 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY RUNNERS
• There will be runners from 16 different countries, including the U.S.
• Rosters for visiting teams include a total of 34 international students.
• The country with the most representation other than the U.S. is Germany with six runners.
• Counties represented (number of runners): Australia (3), Bahamas (1), Belgium (1), Canada (2), England (5), France (4), Germany (6), Indonesia (1), Kenya (4), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Scotland (2) and Spain (1).

RESULTS
• LINK
• Results will be posted at the above link promptly after the races conclude. Timing services are being provided by The Runner's High timing company.
• Results will also be posted on the XC schedule pages and the SRU XC Hosted Events page at www.RockAthletics.com.

PHOTOS
• Men's Gallery Link
• Women's Gallery Link
• Photos will be posted following the conclusion of the meet at the links above. Visiting sports information directors and media will be able to download the photos at those links. Please credit Mike Schnelle, Slippery Rock University for any photos used.
 
RECAPS
• Recaps of the Slippery Rock student-athletes performances at the meet will be available at www.RockAthletics.com Saturday afternoon or early evening.
 
 

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