Men Run Near Home, Women Return To Indiana

Friday, October 4

Notre Dame, IN

10:00 AM

University of Washington

Joe Piane Invitational (Women)

October 03, 2019 | Cross Country

By: UW Athletic Communications

Joe Piane Invitational (Women)
Friday, Oct. 4 - South Bend, Ind.
10 a.m. Pacific time - Live Results

John Payne/Curtis Invitational (Men)
Saturday, Oct. 5 - University Place, Wash.
3:30 p.m. Pacific Time - Meet Information | Live Results

SEATTLE - It's time for the Husky cross country squads to check in at the next stop on the way to Terre Haute. Once again the men and women will be at separate events on separate days this week but the goal is the same: To show improvement over the season opener two weeks back.

The sixth-ranked women's squad will be up first on Friday, Oct. 4, running the in Blue Race at the Joe Piane Invitational hosted by Notre Dame. The Blue Race is a 5,000-meter run starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time at Burke Golf Course.

It will be a second straight very strong field that the women will go against. No. 1 Colorado, No. 3 New Mexico, No. 8 North Carolina State, No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 12 Notre Dame, No. 14 Ole Miss, No. 16 Iowa State, No. 17 Florida State, No. 25 Boston College, and No. 29 Minnesota will all be in the field at Notre Dame.

Traveling for the women will be Katie Rainsberger, Lilli Burdon, Allie Schadler, Shona McCulloch, Camila David-Smith, Madison Heisterman, Kelly Makin, and freshmen Melany Smart and Andrea Markezich.

Come Saturday it will be the men's turn in the only race close to home for the Huskies this season, the John Payne/Cutis Invitational at Chambers Creek Properties in University Place, Wash.

At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday the men will run 8,000-meters at the Central Meadow located at 6320 Grandview Drive West.

Eight Huskies will be in uniform on Saturday – Nate Beamer, Isaac Green, Isaac Mohn, Nick Laccinole, Gavin Parpart, Sam Ritz, Alex Slenning, and Mick Stanovsek. Mohn, Laccinole and Stanovsek are the only ones who also raced at the Battle In Beantown two weeks back. A few more Huskies should compete unattached.