COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Cross Country senior Marquette Hanson has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla., as announced during the sport’s national selection show on Saturday.
Hanson will travel to the OSU Cross Country Course to compete in the title race at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. The event will be broadcast nationally ESPNU.
Hanson finished 11th with a time of 29:48.9 in the Midwest Regional 10k at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course on Friday.
The Warrensburg, Mo. native paced the Tigers in all five of the races he entered this fall including an 18th-place result at the SEC Championships on Oct. 28.
Hanson began the year by finding the finish line 15th at the Mizzou XC Opener on Sept. 1. From there, he notched back-to-back top 20 results with a 13th-place finish in the Gans Creek Classic and a 20th-place result at the Weis-Crockett Invitational on Oct. 15.
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