5 issues to know: Badgers put together to host Nuttycombe Invitational offered by Under Armour

MADISON, Wis. – The No. 29 Wisconsin Badgers will host the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational offered by Under Armour this Friday Oct. 17 on the Zimmer Championship Course. The girls’s “B” race is ready to start out at 10:30 a.m. with the boys’s “B” race following at 11:10 a.m. The girls’s championship races will begin at 11:50 a.m. and the boys will begin at 12:30 p.m. 

There is not any spectator parking on the cross nation course or University Ridge. Spectator parking will likely be positioned at Reddan Soccer Park (6874 Cross Country Rd. Verona, WI 53593). The park is positioned in northern Verona off Cross Country Road. A map of the parking format is offered right here. Spectator shuttles can be found for transportation to the course. The shuttle service begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes one hour after the ultimate race has completed. Fans are inspired to reach early so you do not miss any of the motion! Parking isn’t allowed on County Highway PD or County Highway M close to the Zimmer Course.

1. LAST NUTTYCOMBE: The Badgers completed in fifth final yr with 182 factors, with 5 Badgers putting. Washington received the invitational with 110 factors, adopted by Utah, Georgetown and Providence. Three present Badgers raced within the final Nuttycombe Invitational, Bella Jacobsen with a time of 21:09.5, Leane Willemse, 21:20.7 and Kylie Finger masking the course in 21:14.1. Of the highest ten staff finishers ultimately yr’s Nuttycombe, 9, together with the Badgers, will likely be in attendance.

2. LAST RUN: Last race, the Badgers completed in eleventh place on the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational with 262 factors. Leane Willemse crossed the road first for UW within the championship race, masking the 6K course in 20:16.9. Four Badgers competed within the open race as sophomore Sara Mlodik received the race with a time of 20:57.6

3. BIG COMPETITORS: Of the 31 groups attending the Nuttycombe Invitational, 19 are ranked and 6 are throughout the prime ten. The Badgers examine in at No. 29 and sixth within the Big Ten. 

4. NEW ON THE BLOCK: Senior Annelies Quinton made her Badger debut on the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational, ending in forty seventh place. She turned in a time of 20:42.3 on the 6K, .2 away from her 6K private greatest whereas working for Harvard on the 2024 Paul Short race.

5. UP NEXT: The Badgers will head to East Lansing, Michigan for the Big Ten Championships on Friday Oct. 31.