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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, October 17
Louisville, Ky.
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Pre-Nationals
BGSU Travels To Louisville This Weekend For Pre-Nationals
October 15, 2015 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country teams will be competing at the NCAA Division I Pre-Nationals Saturday hosted by the University of Louisville. This is also the site of the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (Nov. 21).
ABOUT PRE-NATIONALS
Both the men's and women's teams will be going up against major powerhouses as well as former national champions. The meet will take place at 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information CLICK HERE.
The women's team will be competing in the women's red seeded 6,000-meter race which will begin at 10:15 am. They face 43 schools all regionally ranked, six of which have been regional champions in the past five years. Eastern Michigan (No. 8), ranked just above the Falcons in the Great Lakes Region, will be the only MAC school in the contest.
The men's team will follow the women's race at 10:45. BG men will run the in the black unseeded 8,000-meter event. They will be going up against 34 teams, 17 of those are ranked in their respected regions. Three teams from the MAC will be in attendance, two of those being ranked in the Great Lakes Region -- No. 12 Miami (Ohio), No. 13 Central Michigan and Ohio.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
The BGSU cross country teams can be followed a number of ways. Social media links are listed below and live results and live video (as available) can be found on BGSUFalcons.com as meets provide those opportunities.
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGXCTrack
Instagram – BGFalcons and bg_xctrackandfield
Facebook – BGSU Athletics
YouTube – FalconAthletics
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
"This meet will be our biggest test to date this season. In our race there will be 43 teams, eight of which are nationally ranked, and six other teams currently receiving votes in the national poll. Nine of the top fifteen teams in the Great Lakes Region will be competing in Louisville this weekend as well. With that amount of quality the race will be very aggressive. We should gain even more experience, which should help prepare us for the upcoming MAC Championships." -Head Coach Lou Snelling
"Pre-Nationals is a big race and very competitive. We are in a very tough region being in the Great Lakes so it will be nice to race regionally ranked teams from multiple regions to see how we stack up in comparison. This is another big step, a championship style race, that will prepare us as we head into the MAC Championships and regionals. We are coming off of our best performance as a program in almost a decade so there is some momentum I hope we build off of this for the weekend." -Coach Chuck Wentz
LAST TIME OUT
The women traveled to Bethlehem, Pa. for the Paul Short Run. For the first time this season team scores were recorded and the Falcons placed sixth out of 35 teams, posting a team score of 225. They defeated Buffalo, who was the only other MAC school at the meet, as well as two schools from "Power 5" conferences in South Carolina and Rutgers.
The men last competed at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville University. Fifty-three teams and 662 runners competed, and BG placed ninth out of 10 schools in Division I. The top five runners for BG improved their time by a combined time of one minute over the Spartan Invitational.
REGIONAL RANKINGS
In the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional rankings, released Monday, the BGSU women's cross country team remained No. 9 in the Great Lakes Region for the second straight week – this is the highest ranking in Lou Snelling's tenure at BGSU.
WALNY WOW
Redshirt freshman Rachel Walny once again finished first for the Falcons and sixth overall at the Paul Short Run. Nine seconds is all that separated her from the top runner. Walny cut her time down 50 seconds from her previous personal best set at the Spartan Invitational.
KUCK KICKING UP DUST
Redshirt sophomore Nathan Kuck placed first for the Falcons and 71st overall with a time of 25:47 posting a new personal best, improving his time by 31 seconds.
MAC RANKINGS
In the MAC preseason poll the BGSU women's cross country team was ranked fourth. The Falcons return seven of the team's top eight finishers from last season. The men were selected ninth by the coaches.
ABOUT PRE-NATIONALS
Both the men's and women's teams will be going up against major powerhouses as well as former national champions. The meet will take place at 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information CLICK HERE.
The women's team will be competing in the women's red seeded 6,000-meter race which will begin at 10:15 am. They face 43 schools all regionally ranked, six of which have been regional champions in the past five years. Eastern Michigan (No. 8), ranked just above the Falcons in the Great Lakes Region, will be the only MAC school in the contest.
The men's team will follow the women's race at 10:45. BG men will run the in the black unseeded 8,000-meter event. They will be going up against 34 teams, 17 of those are ranked in their respected regions. Three teams from the MAC will be in attendance, two of those being ranked in the Great Lakes Region -- No. 12 Miami (Ohio), No. 13 Central Michigan and Ohio.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
The BGSU cross country teams can be followed a number of ways. Social media links are listed below and live results and live video (as available) can be found on BGSUFalcons.com as meets provide those opportunities.
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGXCTrack
Instagram – BGFalcons and bg_xctrackandfield
Facebook – BGSU Athletics
YouTube – FalconAthletics
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
"This meet will be our biggest test to date this season. In our race there will be 43 teams, eight of which are nationally ranked, and six other teams currently receiving votes in the national poll. Nine of the top fifteen teams in the Great Lakes Region will be competing in Louisville this weekend as well. With that amount of quality the race will be very aggressive. We should gain even more experience, which should help prepare us for the upcoming MAC Championships." -Head Coach Lou Snelling
"Pre-Nationals is a big race and very competitive. We are in a very tough region being in the Great Lakes so it will be nice to race regionally ranked teams from multiple regions to see how we stack up in comparison. This is another big step, a championship style race, that will prepare us as we head into the MAC Championships and regionals. We are coming off of our best performance as a program in almost a decade so there is some momentum I hope we build off of this for the weekend." -Coach Chuck Wentz
LAST TIME OUT
The women traveled to Bethlehem, Pa. for the Paul Short Run. For the first time this season team scores were recorded and the Falcons placed sixth out of 35 teams, posting a team score of 225. They defeated Buffalo, who was the only other MAC school at the meet, as well as two schools from "Power 5" conferences in South Carolina and Rutgers.
The men last competed at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville University. Fifty-three teams and 662 runners competed, and BG placed ninth out of 10 schools in Division I. The top five runners for BG improved their time by a combined time of one minute over the Spartan Invitational.
REGIONAL RANKINGS
In the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional rankings, released Monday, the BGSU women's cross country team remained No. 9 in the Great Lakes Region for the second straight week – this is the highest ranking in Lou Snelling's tenure at BGSU.
WALNY WOW
Redshirt freshman Rachel Walny once again finished first for the Falcons and sixth overall at the Paul Short Run. Nine seconds is all that separated her from the top runner. Walny cut her time down 50 seconds from her previous personal best set at the Spartan Invitational.
KUCK KICKING UP DUST
Redshirt sophomore Nathan Kuck placed first for the Falcons and 71st overall with a time of 25:47 posting a new personal best, improving his time by 31 seconds.
MAC RANKINGS
In the MAC preseason poll the BGSU women's cross country team was ranked fourth. The Falcons return seven of the team's top eight finishers from last season. The men were selected ninth by the coaches.
Players Mentioned
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
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