MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It's rare that coaching staffs talk about defending championships as their teams attempt to repeat, but that's the approach Tigers head coach Kevin Robinson is taking as his University of Memphis cross country squads head into the 2017 Rhodes College Invitational Saturday, Sept. 16.
2017 Rhodes College Invitational/Saturday, Sept. 16
| Time (CT) | Race | Distance |
| 8:30 a.m. | Men | 8k |
| 9:15 a.m. | Women | 5k |
Competing teams: Alabama A&M, Arkansas State, Belhaven, Bethel (Tenn.