SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's and women's cross country teams will compete Saturday at the CMU Invitational hosted by Carnegie Mellon University at the Youthtowne Fields XC Course in Clinton, Pennsylvania.
 
CMU INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
• 10 a.m. – Men's 8,000m Race
• 10:45 a.m. – Women's 5,000m Crimson Race
 
COURSE LOCATION / INFO
• Youthtowne Fields  |  8K Course Map  |  5K Course Map
• Address: 150 Youthtowne Drive, Clinton, PA 15026
• Directions
 
LIVE RESULTS
• Gingerbread Man Timing
 
27 COLLEGE TEAMS COMPETING
Ashland, California (Pa.), Carnegie Mellon, Chatham, Clarion, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Edinboro, Frostburg State, Geneva, Glenville State, Indiana (Pa.), Lake Erie, Northwood, Point Park, Roberts Wesleyan, Seton Hill, St. Francis (Ind.), Slippery Rock, Ursuline, Walsh, Washington & Jefferson, West Liberty, West Virginia, West Virginia Wesleyan, Westminster, Wheeling.
 
TWO MORE RACES IN REGULAR SEASON
Slippery Rock returns to action for the first time in two weeks and will have just two more regular season meets before championship season begins. The Rock will race this weekend in Clinton, Pennsylvania and then will travel to Lock Haven Oct. 24 for the LHU Go Fast River Run. After those two meets, the PSAC Championships are set for Nov. 7 at Bloomsburg and the Atlantic Region Championships are scheduled for Nov. 21 in Kernersville, North Carolina.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE MEN
The Rock men are coming off a fourth place finish in the seeded race at the LHU Invitational two weeks ago, where Eli Schreiber led the squad. The top five scorers in that meet included Easton Adamczyk, Ty Fiscus, Ryan Czechowski and Blake Glass, while Michael Gauntner and Brady Hoffman rounded out the top seven. SRU's gap between its top five scorers was 1:08.
 
TRUE FRESHMEN SCORERS
The Rock men had a pair of true freshmen in the top five scoring positions a week ago with Ty Fiscus and Blake Glass both finishing among the top five runners.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE WOMEN
The Rock women are coming off a strong second place showing in the seeded race at Lock Haven two weeks ago, where they were narrowly edged by just three points by Northwood for the team title. SRU has been led in every meet this season by Carissa Flynn, who took fifth at Lock Haven. The scorers two weeks ago were capped by Caroline Wilson, Marabelle Thornberry, Brynleigh Moody and Hannah Burgoon, with Adi Jackson and Kayla Hanna rounding out the top seven. The gap between the top five was 1:54 with Flynn finishing 59 seconds ahead of the second SRU runner.
 
FRESHMEN SCORERS
SRU had a pair of true freshmen scorers the last time out with Caroline Wilson and Brynleigh Moody both placing in the top five. Fellow freshman Adi Jackson has also scored in the lineup this year.
 
MEN'S ENTRIES THIS WEEK
Sergio Abdalah, Easton Adamczyk, Colton Adolph, Dylan Barca, Lincoln Bouman, Dom Bumblis, Ryan Czechowski, Ty Fiscus, Michael Gauntner, Blake Glass, Brandon Henry, Brady Hoffman, Keegan Kirkwood, Jonah Lindstrom, Scotty McConnell, Logan McEvoy, Jackson Nicewonger, Brennan Patterson, Dylan Ribelin, Eli Schreiber.
 
WOMEN'S ENTRIES THIS WEEK
Hannah Burgoon, Mackenzie Chamberlain, Kayla Flanigan, Carissa Flynn, Emily Grosch, Kayla Hanna, Birtukan Hartman, Sydney Heltzell, Lizzie Higgins, Adi Jackson, Addie McPeek, Mia Medved, Lila Miller, Brynleigh Moody, Bella Tatar, Rylie Teapole, Marabelle Thornberry, Addison Weber, Caroline Wilson, Kaydence Wisner, Annie Woller, Claire Wonders, Lexie Wyant.
 
RECAP AND RESULTS
Recaps, results and photos will be posted to RockAthletics.com Saturday afternoon.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will take next weekend off before returning to action Oct. 24 at the LHU Go Fast River Run hosted by Lock Haven.