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Bowling Green, Ohio. – The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country teams compete in the MAC Championship meet Saturday Nov. 1 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

WHAT THE COACHES ARE SAYING
Lou Snelling: "We think we have a shot to be top four in the MAC this year as a team. We have a handful of individuals that definitely have a chance to be All-Conference. We have accomplished a lot of our training and racing goals up to this point. Since I've been here, we have not gone into a MAC Championship race this fit or this deep so now it's just showing up on the day and doing what we're supposed to do."
Eric Thatcher: "I expect our men to race with confidence, trusting that the preparation we have put in will guide them to the results we expect to see. These young men deserve a result that matches their current fitness, and I am confident they will respond with toughness to the challenge that our conference championship meet provides."

RACE DETAILS
The 2014 Mid-American Conference Championships are hosted by Central Michigan University. The women's 6k championship race will start at 11 a.m., followed by the men's 8k championship race at 12 p.m. Fans can follow along on Twitter via the official site of BGSU Athletics @BGAthletics or through the home of BGSU Cross Country @BGXCTrack.

LAST TIME OUT
The women's cross country team placed seventh overall out of 33 teams, and first out of five Mid-American Conference schools, at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational Oct. 18. The Falcons finished in front of Central Michigan, Kent State, Ohio and Akron from the MAC. The men's squad placed 27th out of 28 teams in their 8k race.

RAE-CING TO THE FRONT
Rae set a personal record in the 5k (17:56) at the Toledo Invite where she placed fourth overall and first on the team. The junior has been the team's top finisher in all four meets this season. Most recently, she finished 24th out of 214 runners at Pre-Nationals. Rae improved 73 places from last year where she finished 97th overall at the 2013 Pre-Nationals meet.

BLACK PROVIDES SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Redshirt senior Greg Black competed in six of the team's seven meets last season and provides experience and senior leadership on and off the course to a young men's squad. In his first race this season at the Mel Brodt Invitational, Black placed first on the team and fifth overall with an 8,000-meter time of 26:40.71. He has competed in three out of four meets this season.

YOUTHFUL
Only two out of eight runners return this season from the men's team (Black and Jeremy Richard). On the women's side, six of the 16 runners are freshmen or redshirt freshmen, and another five are sophomores of redshirt sophomores. The women are without any seniors this season.

FRESHMAN POTENTIAL
Freshman Kohl Taberner has placed first on the team in the last two meets, including a top 100 finish and personal best time at the All-Ohio Championships Oct. 3. Freshman Travis Jex has been one of the most consistent runners on the team, finishing third, second and second on the team in the last three meets. For the women, freshmen Elena Lancioni and redshirt freshman Allison Francis have made an immediate impact on the program, as they consistently place among the top seven for the Falcons.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS/REGIONALLY RANKED
In the USTFCCCA preseason poll, the BGSU women were ranked No. 15 in the Great Lakes Region. This is the team's first regional ranking of the four-year Lou Snelling era. Following a 7th place finish at Pre-Nationals, the women were ranked 13th in the region, according to the USTFCCCA. This is the program's highest regional ranking in its current format.

STRONG ACADEMICALLY
The women's team tied a program record with three Academic All-MAC members in 2013 and the men's cross country team added two more as announced by the MAC last season. Three more women and three more men earned honorable mention status on the teams.

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