NORMAL, Ill. – After posting a top-100 finish at last year's NCAA Championship meet, senior Kyle Mattes is back and ready for more, as he is set to race in the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. The men's 10K is slated to start at 11:45 a.m. CT at Wisconsin's Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.
This year's championship field is composed of 31 teams and 38 individual qualifiers. All individual qualifiers placed in the top-25 of their respective regions. The top 40 finishers at tomorrow's race will receive All-American status.
To find out everything you need to know, and more, about Mattes and his journey to the 2018 NCAA Championships, please refer to the meet notes, linked here.
Admission to the race is $10 per person (cash only). Fans are encouraged to arrive early to allow adequate time for parking and shuttle transportation to the course, as spectator parking is located off-site.
For fans who cannot be in attendance, there will be several ways to follow along with the competition. FloTrack will be streaming both the men's and women's championship races. The stream will be made available to FloTrack Pro subscribers for a monthly price of $29.99 or an annual price of $149.99. Coverage of the championships will be available Saturday on FloTrack starting at 10:30 a.m. CT until the conclusion of the awards ceremony. The stream can be accessed at www.FloTrack.com.
For those who are not FloTrack Pro subscribers and do not wish to purchase a membership, live results will be available. Fans can also follow along by following @Redbird_TrackXC on Twitter. Full coverage of the race will be provided on GoRedbirds.com following the competition.
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