XC Preview: Bills to Compete in Prestigious Gans Creek Classic

Saint Louis’ males’s and ladies’s cross nation groups will compete Friday within the prestigious Gans Creek Classic on Friday on the University of Missouri.

SLU has entries on the lads’s aspect within the 8K Black (8:15 a.m.) and 8K Open (11:15 a.m.) competitions. On the ladies’s aspect, Billikens will compete within the 6K Black (10:30 a.m) and 6K Open (Noon).

Live outcomes for the meet can be found here. It shall be streamed on SECNetwork+.

“This has the potential to be an extremely fun weekend for our cross country teams,” SLU head coach Jon Bell stated. “We have the opportunity to race some of the very best teams in the country.  Baylor, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio State, UCLA, Navy, Vanderbilt – all the power conferences are represented. As a coach, knowing that our kids want to be in this environment and testing themselves against the best is all I can ask. The challenge before us is not letting the emotion distract from our ability to execute a race plan and compete with a level head.”

Starr Scott and Emily Morden have led the SLU girls in its first two meets this season. On the lads’s aspect, Manny Vela completed out entrance for the Bills within the two earlier meets this yr.

Friday’s meet is being held at Gans Creek Cross Country Course, the positioning of this yr’s NCAA Championship. SLU additionally competes at Gans Creek on Oct. 18 for the Pre-National Invitational. The 2025 A-10 Championship is ready for Saturday, Nov. 1, in Cedarville, Ohio, and the NCAA Midwest Regional shall be held Friday, Nov. 14, in Stillwater, Okla.