When Amy Davis hears Mick Byrne say University of Wisconsin cross country runners have a green light for Friday's Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, the meaning is pretty clear.
There's excitement from Davis, a redshirt sophomore from Madison Edgewood, and from Byrne, the UW director of cross country and track and field, on where that could leave the Badgers in their spotlight meet at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course.
"A lot of the races building up to it is us learning the races to learn about pace and how to run in groups and packs," Davis said. "But I think for this meet, they're just like, let's just go see what you guys have.