JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps men's and women's cross country programs will compete close to home in the NCAA Division III South Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The regional meets will be contested at the Choctaw Trails in Clinton, Miss.
Millsaps will return to a course they are very familiar with, having raced in Clinton on Sept. 6, Oct. 5 and Oct. 18. The men will cover eight kilometers at 10 a.m., while the women will traverse six kilometers at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
At the SAA Championship which took place in Memphis, the women's cross country team finished sixth with seniors
Sarah Strickland (24th) and
Fran Edwards (29th) cracking the top 30.
The veteran team should see seniors
MacKenzie Farris (56th),
Tyler Hamby (61st) and
Abby Henry (69th) make scoring contributions for the Majors. Expect freshman
Claudia Dempsey (58th) to continue her impressive debut collegiate season as well.
For the men's squad, senior
Patch Heard (59th) and freshman
Phillip Antis (61st) have been trading the top-finisher spot for the Majors. Expect the pair to finish well for Millsaps. Additionally, freshman
Aidan Brice (69th) is ready to close the season strong in for his first regional meet.
Regional meet information can be found
here and live results are available
here.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
