- Meet Central- Men's Race Map- Women's Race MapSTEPHENVILLE - Led by three all-conference athletes, the Tarleton State men's and women's cross country teams are headed to the South Central Regional meet at Washington Park in Denver, Colo.
"Obviously we want to gain experience with our younger athletes and compete at a higher level," said Tarleton head coach
Pat Ponder. "We want to do well and they're ready to compete."
AT A GLANCE
Men's Race: The 10K event - the longest for Tarleton's men this season - is set to begin at approximately 10 a.m. at Washington Park.
Women's Race: The 6K event will begin at approximately 11:15 a.m. at Washington Park in Denver, Colo.
FIRST REGIONAL APPEARANCES
The 2014 South Central regional championships will be the first appearance at the regional meet for
Pamela Marquez,
Dallas Rushing,
Peyton Heinig and
Mason Wrobel.
Dylan Willett,
Andrew Clark,
Thorne Pettigrew and
Tylo Farrar will be looked to as the leaders during this meet having previously competed at the regional championships.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
According to Weather.com, the expected temperature for the start of the men's race is about 49 degrees and is expected to ride to 53 degrees by the start of the women's race. There is no chance of rain and a nine mile per hour wind will bring the wind chill index down to 50 degrees around 11 a.m.
FOLLOWING UP THE LSC MEET
Tarleton's men will look to improve from their outing at the Lone Star Conference meet, where they finished third as a team behind the All-Conference duo of
Dylan Willett and
Dallas Rushing. The women's cross country team will be represented by
Tylo Farrar who has been the top finisher at every meet this season and
Pamela Marquez who was a consistent No. 2 runner for the TexAnns.
"Anytime you compete at the regional championships you would like to have a national qualifier following the meet, but I just want the student-athletes from both teams to have their best race of the year, said Ponder. "If this gives us a chance to race at the national championships in two weeks, I'll be extremely happy for them."
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The top six men's and women's teams advance to nationals, while the top two individuals from non-qualifying teams and any top-5 individual will also advance to the NCAA Championships. Should Tarleton advance to the national championships, they would race in Louisville, Kentucky on Dec. 6, 2013.
