Saturday, October 28
Leesburg, Va.
10 a.m.
Davidson College
vs
Atlantic 10 Championship
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Men's Cross Country Ready for A-10 Championship
10/20/2017 2:16:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
| 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship | Championship Central |
| Date | Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 |
| Time | Women's 5K - 10 a.m. Men's 8K - 10:50 a.m. |
| Venue | Oatlands Plantation |
| Live Stats | Live Results |
| Watch | Live Stream |
| Social Media | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |
| 2016 Results | Recap |
LEESBURG, Va. - The Davidson men's cross country team heads to Oatlands Plantation for the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship Saturday, Oct. 28.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Men's Race: 10 a.m. (5K)
Women's Race: 10:50 a.m. (8K)
ATLANTIC 10 NETWORK
The Cross Country Championships, hosted by George Mason, will be streamed lived and free of charge on the Atlantic 10 Network, weather permitting.
Click here to watch live.
SEASON REWIND
The A-10 Championship will mark the fifth meet for the Wildcats this season. Two Wildcats have snapped the tape in four chances. Junior Dylan Carmack snapped the tape at the Mason XC Invitational, stopping the clock in 25:29. The next meet, Ramsay Ritchie came home first at the Queen City Invite with the third fastest 8k time in program history, 24:10. Ritchie led the way for the 'Cats in the first two meets of the year placing fourth at the Charlotte Preview Meet and 26th at the Adidas XC Challenge.
PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
Back in late August the Wildcats were tabbed to finish seventh by the A-10 coaches as released in the 2017 Preseason Poll. Defending champs, Dayton, topped the poll, earning 178 points and seven first place votes. Duquesne, George Mason, Saint Louis and Saint Joseph's rounded out the top five teams.
SCOUTING THE FIELD
Five squads enter the championship ranked regionally by the USTFCCCA. Dayton, the coaches favorite to win the conference, ranks the highest among the league, coming in at ninth in the Great Lakes Region. Three A-10 foes in the Mid-Atlantic go back-to-back-to-back with George Washington (11), St. Joe's (12) and Duquesne (13), while St. Louis slips in at 13th in the Midwest.
COACHES COMMENTS - RENNY WALDRON
"The team is in a good place going into the A-10 Championship. We have progressed very nicely and improved each race and workout have gone great. We are looking forward to getting to the line and executing our race plans."
2016 A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
2017 graduates Walker Mogen (3rd) and Will Brewster (28th) led the squad to a seventh place finish. Mogen broke away with a group of six runners midway through the race and made the break with two others at the mile to go juncture and cruised to a podium finish at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va. Carmack (25:42.6), Sam Thomas (25:51.8) and William Jones (26:40.2) rounded out the Wildcat scoring.
UP NEXT
Davidson will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to compete at the 2017 NCAA Southeast Regional Meet Friday, Nov. 12. The meet, hosted by Virginia, will be held at Panorama Farms.
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