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Cross Country Heads To Illinois State

The Drake University cross country teams travel to Missouri Valley Conference rival Illinois State to compete at the Redbird invitational Friday, Sept. 17.

The women's 6,000m race will go off at 5 p.m. followed by the men's 8,000m race at 5:45 p.m. The race will give the Bulldogs' a preview of the same venue, the Weibring Golf Club, that will host the MVC Championship in November. The field will also feature a host of MVC teams with UNI, Valparaiso, SIU and Loyola set to join the Bulldogs and Redbirds. Non-conference foes Southern Indiana, Illinois, Marquette, SEMO, DePaul, SIUE, Northern Illinois and Northwestern are set to compete as well.