YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's cross country team will head to Terre Haute, Ind. to compete in the John McNichols Invitational, hosted by Indiana State University Saturday, Sept. 21.
The Eagles return to the LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course after finishing 16th with a team score of 455 points at the 2018 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, Nov. 9. Senior Austin Wicker (Pinckney, Mich.-Pinckney) paced the Green and White with a personal best 10K time of 32:08, ranking 50th out of 198 runners. In total, EMU returns six of the seven racers who competed in last year's season finale, including sophomore and reigning Mid-American Conference freshman of the year Andy Payne (Worthington, Ohio-Thomas Worthington).