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Arkansas cross country teams expect frigid conditions at NCAA meet

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FAYETTEVILLE — Runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships don’t figure to have to deal with snow — there’s only a 14% chance of precipitation for Saturday’s races according to the National Weather Service — on the Thomas Zimmer Course in Madison, Wis., but temperatures are forecast to be 37 degrees with the wind chill making it feel like 32.

Arkansas will be represented by its No. 3-ranked men’s team and No. 24 women’s team that swept titles at the NCAA South Central Regional to earn automatic spots at the NCAA Championships.

When the Razorbacks won regional titles in College Station, Texas — 1,132 miles south of Madison — on Nov.