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Friday, September 28
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Nuttycombe Invitational (Zimmer Championship Course)
#PackXC to Open 2018 Season at Nuttycombe Invitational, Queen City Invite
9/27/2018 9:12:00 AM | Cross Country
September 27, 2018
RALEIGH – After a delayed start to the season due to Hurricane Florence, the NC State men's and women's cross country programs will take the course for the first time this year as they kick off their 2018-19 campaigns Friday. The bulk of the Wolfpack's rosters will head to Madison, Wis. to compete at the Nuttycombe Invitational, and the Pack will also have athletes in action at the Queen City Invite in Charlotte, N.C.
NUTTYCOMBE INVITATIONAL:
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NC State will face a competitive field at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course, the same course that will host the 2018 NCAA Championships in November. The Nuttycombe Invitational features 34 ranked squads across the men's and women's races, including NC State's women, who are ranked sixth nationally and the Pack men, who are ranked 25th.
The meet will open with the men's and women's "B" races, where the Pack will have athletes competing individually. The championship races will see NC State's men and women each field seven athletes.
The Nuttycombe Invitational is scheduled as follows, with all race times adjusted to EST:
QUEEN CITY INVITE:
NC State will also have athletes racing at the Queen City Invite, which will be held at the McAlpine Creek Park course Friday evening. Megan Rempel will represent the Wolfpack women, and Noah Graham and Jack Hagood will be in action for the Pack men.
The schedule for the meet is as follows:
PACK IN THE POLLS:
NC State enters the weekend with both squads ranked in the top 25 of the national standings. The women check in at No. 6, and the men sit at No. 25.
After becoming ACC champions in 2016 and 2017, the Pack women were chosen to win their third-straight conference title in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches. NC State's women were also selected as preseason favorites to win the Southeast Region title and continue to hold their spot atop the regional rankings. On the men's side, the Wolfpack ranks second in the Southeast Region entering the weekend's meets.
2017 REWIND:
NC State's squads enter the 2018 season coming off of a successful 2017 campaign.
Last season, the Wolfpack women captured both the ACC and the Southeast Regional team crowns for the second year in a row. In its 31st appearance at the NCAA Championships, the team earned its third-straight top-10 finish. Elly Henes gained All-America status with her 32nd-place finish at Nationals, and head coach Laurie Henes was named ACC and and Southeast Region Coach of the Year.
The Pack men, who have finished inside the top three at 27 of the last 29 conference meets, took home third place at the 2017 ACC Championships. After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, the team earned its highest national finish since 2011, placing 18th.
UP NEXT:
The Wolfpack will head two ways for its next weekend of competition, as it sends athletes to the ECU Pirate Invitational on Friday, Oct. 12 and the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals Meet on Saturday, Oct. 13.
#GoPack | @PackXC
RALEIGH – After a delayed start to the season due to Hurricane Florence, the NC State men's and women's cross country programs will take the course for the first time this year as they kick off their 2018-19 campaigns Friday. The bulk of the Wolfpack's rosters will head to Madison, Wis. to compete at the Nuttycombe Invitational, and the Pack will also have athletes in action at the Queen City Invite in Charlotte, N.C.
NUTTYCOMBE INVITATIONAL:
Meet Central | Live Results | Live Streaming ($)
NC State will face a competitive field at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course, the same course that will host the 2018 NCAA Championships in November. The Nuttycombe Invitational features 34 ranked squads across the men's and women's races, including NC State's women, who are ranked sixth nationally and the Pack men, who are ranked 25th.
The meet will open with the men's and women's "B" races, where the Pack will have athletes competing individually. The championship races will see NC State's men and women each field seven athletes.
The Nuttycombe Invitational is scheduled as follows, with all race times adjusted to EST:
- 12:00 p.m. – Women's "B" 6K
- 12:40 p.m. – Men's "B" 8K
- 1:20 p.m. – Women's Championship 6K
- 2:00 p.m. – Men's Championship 8K
QUEEN CITY INVITE:
NC State will also have athletes racing at the Queen City Invite, which will be held at the McAlpine Creek Park course Friday evening. Megan Rempel will represent the Wolfpack women, and Noah Graham and Jack Hagood will be in action for the Pack men.
The schedule for the meet is as follows:
- 5:00 p.m. – Women's 5K
- 5:30 p.m. – Men's 8K
PACK IN THE POLLS:
NC State enters the weekend with both squads ranked in the top 25 of the national standings. The women check in at No. 6, and the men sit at No. 25.
After becoming ACC champions in 2016 and 2017, the Pack women were chosen to win their third-straight conference title in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches. NC State's women were also selected as preseason favorites to win the Southeast Region title and continue to hold their spot atop the regional rankings. On the men's side, the Wolfpack ranks second in the Southeast Region entering the weekend's meets.
2017 REWIND:
NC State's squads enter the 2018 season coming off of a successful 2017 campaign.
Last season, the Wolfpack women captured both the ACC and the Southeast Regional team crowns for the second year in a row. In its 31st appearance at the NCAA Championships, the team earned its third-straight top-10 finish. Elly Henes gained All-America status with her 32nd-place finish at Nationals, and head coach Laurie Henes was named ACC and and Southeast Region Coach of the Year.
The Pack men, who have finished inside the top three at 27 of the last 29 conference meets, took home third place at the 2017 ACC Championships. After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, the team earned its highest national finish since 2011, placing 18th.
UP NEXT:
The Wolfpack will head two ways for its next weekend of competition, as it sends athletes to the ECU Pirate Invitational on Friday, Oct. 12 and the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals Meet on Saturday, Oct. 13.
#GoPack | @PackXC
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