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Mattes Returns to NCAA Cross Country Championships

NORMAL, Ill. – After posting a top-100 finish at last year's NCAA Championship meet, senior Kyle Mattes is back and ready for more, as he is set to race in the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. The men's 10K is slated to start at 11:45 a.m. CT at Wisconsin's Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.

This year's championship field is composed of 31 teams and 38 individual qualifiers. All individual qualifiers placed in the top-25 of their respective regions. The top 40 finishers at tomorrow's race will receive All-American status.