THIS WEEK
Saturday, Nov. 20 — at NCAA Cross Country Championships (Tallahassee, Fla.), 11:10 a.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan men’s cross country team will put its national-caliber depth to the final test this Saturday (Nov. 20) as it battles the country’s best teams and runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by Florida State.
The Michigan men will race 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) over multiple loops of the Apalachee Regional Park Cross Country Course in Tallahassee, Fla., starting at 11:10 a.m., with both national team and individual honors on the line.
The Wolverines will run in front of a national television audience as part of the ESPNU broadcast of the meet. Michigan will also be represented in the women’s six-kilometer (3.73-mile) race at 10:20 a.m. with its national No. 17-ranked squad.
A fifth top-11 national team finish dating back to 2014 could be in the offing for Michigan, powered by a deep seven-man roster than could include two-time reigning All-American Devin Meyrer; All-Big Ten honoree Tom Dodd; Big Ten track medalists Tom Brady, Nick Foster and Joost Plaetinck; track All-American Christian Hubaker; and 2021 standouts Zach Stewart, Oli Raimond and Colton Yesney.
Conditions are expected to be dry with moderate winds between 5-10 mph. The projected high temperature for the day is 67 degrees, with the thermometer likely reading in the high 50s at race time.
Live results will be available through Primetime Timing. Comprehensive in-race updates will be provided at each kilometer split checkpoint on both the team’s official Twitter and its official Instagram Stories.
Things to Know: NCAA Championships
• The NCAA Championships are scored by standard NCAA rules, with the top five runners for each team accumulating points that correspond to their finishing place relative to other full teams in the field (there are also teams that have fewer than five runners at the NCAA Championships; their runners do not factor into the team scoring). The lower the team score, the better. Sixth and seventh runners’ points do not directly factor into a team’s score, but they serve as point displacers to runners who finish behind them.
• The top four teams in the standings make the NCAA podium and receive team trophies.
• The top 15 finishers are recognized by the NCAA with individual trophies.
• The top 40…
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