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Crimson Classic
Mizzou Caps Off Regular Season at Crimson Classic
10/17/2024 10:45:00 AM | Cross Country
Tigers head to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for second road meet of the season
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri cross country will travel to Alabama for its final race of the regular season in the Crimson Classic on Friday, Oct. 18 at Harry Pritchett Running Park.
The event will begin with an 8k for the men at 8:30 a.m. CT, followed by a women's 6k at 9:20 a.m.
The Tigers will be represented by Ryder James, Drew Rogers, Blake Morris, Tyler Freiner, Declan Tunney, Joshua Allison, Jamie Mora, Brenden Heitzig, Joseph Bariola and Angus Beer. On the women's side, Rahel Broemmel, Nicole Louw, Charlotte Cullen, McKenna Revord, Natalie Barnard, Allison Newman, Anneken Viljoen, Renee Lewis, Kaia Downs and Elissa Barnard will race for Mizzou.
The Crimson Tide will host Mizzou along with Belmont, Central Arkansas, Clemson, No. 15 men's team Eastern Kentucky, FIU, No. 27 men's team Florida State, Georgia, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, Memphis, Meridian CC, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, North Alabama, North Florida, No. 22 women's team Ole Miss, Samford, South Alabama, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Southern Utah, No. 15 women's team Tennessee, UAB and ULM.
The 2024 Crimson Classic marks Mizzou's return to Harry Pritchett Running Park after nearly ten years. Friday will be the first time the Tigers have raced at the facility since October 31, 2014, when they secured a pair of fourth-place team finishes when Alabama most recently hosted the SEC Championships.
Harry Pritchett Running Park, formerly the University Golf Course, was built in 1959 and converted to use for only cross country in November 2003. The course features a flat-to-rolling, all-grass surface and can accommodate 5k, 6k, 8k, and 10k loops. The Crimson Tide has hosted the SEC Championship five times and an NCAA Regional Championship seven times, last in 2017.
The men's team has finished in the top five in its first three races this year for the second-straight season. Both men's and women's teams opened the year with wins during the Mizzou XC Opener on August 29.
Broemmel has paced the women's team in each race during the 2024 campaign, finishing first at the season opener, 21st at the Spiked Shoe Invitational and 16th with a season-best 6k time of 20:20.7 during the team's last meet at the Gans Creek Classic.
James set a new 8k career-best during Mizzou's last time out, finishing in 11th with a time of 23:24.8 at the Gans Creek Classic. The junior also finished 18th in the 5.2-mile Spiked Show Invitational men's race in 21:01.8. Friener earned his first collegiate win during the 6k Mizzou XC Opener in 18:23.7, leading to his first Southeastern Conference Runner of the Week honors.
Following the Crimson Classic, the Tigers will look ahead to the postseason with the SEC XC Championships on November 1. The Texas A&M Aggies will host the race at the Watts Cross Country Course in College Station, Texas.
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