Men's Cross Country | 10/28/2019 10:22:00 AM

Cobleskill, N.Y.: On Saturday November 2^nd, SUNY Cobleskill will serve as the host site for the 2019 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships. The races will be held on the Fighting Tigers campus cross country courses with the women's 6k race beginning at 11:00 a.m. followed by the men's five-mile race at 12:00 p.m. Admission for the event will be free of charge to the public. This will mark the third time that SUNY Cobleskill has served as the site for the league's championship meet.

According to Fighting Tiger Head Cross Country Coach Mitchell Tomaszkiewicz the championship event will be spectator friendly and will showcase some top level NCAA Division III cross country talent.

"If someone is a fan of distance running and in particular cross country racing; I think that they will find that our courses are extremely spectator friendly. The courses' starting and finish lines are extremely scenic and exciting for fans from a viewing standpoint.  The venues' overall layouts also have multiple vantage points that spectators can access easily to see the runners up close and personal. It really is a spectator friendly loop and this year there are a number of runners who are going to be in the hunt for NCAA All-Region Team honors in their respective regions."

The 2019 11-team championship field will include: the Cazenovia College Wildcats from Cazenovia, N.Y. the Chargers from Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pa. the 2018 defending NEAC Men's Champions, the Nittany Lions from Penn State Berks from Reading, Pa., the Mustangs from Morrisville State in Morrisville, N.Y., the Wildcats from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy, N.Y. the 2018 defending NEAC Women's Champions, the Nittany Lions from Penn State Abington in Abington, Pa., the Wildcats from Penn College in Williamstown, Pa., the Bison from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the Wolves from Keuka College in Keuka Park, N.Y., the Nittany Lions from Penn State Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pa. and of course the host Fighting Tigers from SUNY Cobleskill.     

The championship races and awards ceremony will also be live-streamed on the Fighting Tigers Sports Network at: https://boxcast.tv/view/neac-mens-and-womens-cross-country-championships-166007 with real-time results available on-line at: http://paynescornertiming.com/live-results.html.

For additional information regarding the NEAC Cross Country Championships; interested parties can consult the athletic program's website at http://fightingtigers.cobleskill.edu or can contact the SUNY Cobleskill Department of Sport & Exercise via phone at (518) 255-5127 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.