Summer’s out, school’s in session (for some), and the parks are open. It’s XC season.
The men’s and women’s Stanford Cross Country squads opened up their respective seasons with a race through Golden Gate Park at the USF Invitational this past Saturday.
This meet was in no way supposed to be meaningful for the Cardinal. In fact, the teams have only practiced once since reporting last Thursday. NCAA rules dictate that the teams compete at least once within 21 days after the start of practice, and with Stanford’s first meet of somewhat significance not being until early October, the squads had to make it out to the course this Labor Day Weekend.