NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois State Cross Country team closes the regular season on Friday at the Bradley Pink Classic on Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill. This year's event is open for all Division I, II and III schools, plus NAIA and JUCO programs. The Redbird men and women will compete in the Red Race at 1:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., respectively. Live results will be posted on shazam-racing.com. The ESPN+ broadcast begins at 11:55 a.m.
THE FIELD
Over 20 schools from several conferences will be featured in each the men's and women's Red Race on Friday, including Central Florida, Xavier and Marquette. Other Missouri Valley Conference programs competing include North Dakota State, Indiana State, Drake, Northern Iowa, Illinois-Chicago and Valparaiso.
HEAR FROM HEAD COACH JEFF BOVEE
On training the last few weeks
"We were able to hit a really solid training block and make some adjustments with the tempos of some of our workouts. We should be ready to improve our times once again."
On the field
"We're certainly going to try to be one of the top teams at this meet. There will be some really strong Missouri Valley competition and a lot of teams outside of the Valley. It's also nice that it's just down the road, and we don't have to travel far. We can sleep in our own beds and then go get ready to compete on a great course."
On the women's squad
"Our freshmen are building a ton of confidence. Pauline obviously went out and was our top finisher at Missouri, but Brooke and Cameron are also really starting to insert themselves and getting into that top-five conversation."
STARTING LINE – WOMEN
Sophia Baumert (Fr.) // Nora Brady (Jr.) // Cameron Crump (Fr.) // Maggie Reed (Sr.) // Vivianna Sanfilippo (5th Yr.) // Pauline Schedler (Fr.) // Astrid Van Breedam (So.) // Brooke Zeibert (Fr.) // Colleen Zeibert (So.)
STARTING LINE – MEN
Julian Baker (So.) // Luke Barham (So.) // Will Gelon (So.) // Blake Oleson (Jr.) // Ethan Reynoso (Jr.) // Logan Scott (Fr.) // Kane Shields (Jr.) // Cayde de Waal (Jr.)
