The University of Mississippi Athletics
Cross Country Heads To Louisville
9/29/2011 | Track and Field
Sept. 29, 2011
Greater Louisville Classic Central
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss men's and women's cross country teams will resume competition this weekend when they travel to Louisville, Ky., for the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic.
The women will be led by senior Logan Waites, who captured the individual title at both the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic and the Delaware Invitational. The women's team also won the team title at the first two races of the season and enters Saturday's meet ranked No. 13 in the South Region in the most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.
The men, led by senior Martin Kirui and sophomore Kipchirchir Kiptoo, will enter the meet ranked No. 8 in the South Region in this week's USTFCCCA poll.
The meet will be held at the traditionally fast course at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, which has annually played host to the NCAA Southeast Regional. In 2012, the course will host the NCAA Cross Country Championship for the first time.
The Greater Louisville Classic annually features some of the best teams from the Southeast and Midwest regions, including the host school, the University of Louisville. Several Southeastern Conference schools will participate in the meet, including Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
The men's 8K race begins at 8:30 a.m. CT and is followed immediately by the women's 5K race at 9:15 a.m. CT.
