COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Cross Country senior Marquette Hanson will race in the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Okla., at 10:10 a.m Saturday on the OSU Cross Country Course. The 10k event will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
Hanson earned an at-large bid last week at the sports national selection show.
The senior finished 11th with a time of 29:48.9 in the Midwest Regional 10k at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course on Nov. 11.
A native of Warrensburg, Mo., Hanson 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.
He 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.
The senior will have experience on the title course having previously run a 10k at the 2019 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.
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