August 4, 2009

2009 Cross Country Schedule
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LAURINBURG, N.C.—The 2009 St. Andrews Presbyterian College men’s and women’s cross country schedule was announced on Tuesday by the Knights coaching staff.

The Knights are scheduled to compete in four races across North Carolina prior to late season championship competition that includes the Conference Carolinas Championships, NCAA Southeast Regional, and potentially the NCAA National Championships. St. Andrews will race in a minimum of six races in 2009.

The season will get underway on Friday, September 11 at the Seahawk Invitational hosted by UNC Wilmington in Wilmington, N.C. Both races on Friday evening will be 5k distances. The Knights were scheduled to compete in the Seahawk Invite last year but the event was postponed due to Tropical Storm Hanna.

Following the season opener, the teams will travel to Greensboro, N.C., one week later for the Guilford Cross Country Carnival hosted by Guilford College on Saturday, September 19. St. Andrews has not competed in Guilford’s race in recent history. The Lady Knights will battle in their only 6k race of the season prior to the Southeast Regional while the SAPC men start a streak of four straight 8k races.

The Knights will take a week off from competition before returning to Greensboro, N.C., for the Hagan Stone Cross Country Classic on Saturday, October 3. St. Andrews returns to the Hagan Stone Classic after a one year hiatus from the event. The Knights had great success in the race from 2005-07.

St. Andrews will make its final tune-up before the conference championships at the inaugural Mount Olive Invitational hosted by league rival Mount Olive College on Friday, October 9.

The 2009 Conference Carolinas Championship will be hosted by Queens University of Charlotte at the McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, October 23. The league titles will be determined on a Friday afternoon instead of a Saturday morning for the first time this decade. The St. Andrews men’s team is the defending Conference Champions while the women’s squad finished fifth in 2008.

Wingate University will host the 2009 NCAA Southeast Regional for the sixth straight year on Saturday, November 7. The Knights will be looking for a strong finish in the regional that features teams from Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt Conference, and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC in hopes for individual and/or team qualification for the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championships. The University of Southern Indiana will be hosting this year’s finals in Evansville, Ind., on Saturday, November 21.

NOTE: Schedule changes may occur throughout the year. Please, visit the St. Andrews Athletics Website regularly for the most current men’s & women’s cross country info throughout the season.