STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's cross country program and Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Beth Alford-Sullivan have announced their schedule for the upcoming 2024 season.
This coming fall, the Huskies will compete in four regular season races before their championship season gets underway at the start of November. The Huskies get started on August 30 with a season opener race with location and time to be announced.
UConn will then take part in the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State on September 13 and then make their annual appearance at the Paul Short Invite in Pennsylvania on October 5. The Huskies will head up to New Hampshire on October 11 for the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup.
After the Pre-Nationals Invitational on October 19 in Madison, Wisc., the team will head to Leesburg, Va., for the 2024 BIG EAST Championships that will be hosted by Georgetown on November 2. The NCAA Northeast Regional Championships take hold on November 15 in Hopkinton, N.H., with qualifiers headed to the nationals the following week back in Madison on November 23 hosted by Wisconsin.
Fall schedule:
August 30th – TBD
September 13th – Spiked Shoe Invitational, State College, PA (Host: Penn State University)
October 5th – Paul Short Invitational, Allentown, PA (Host: Lehigh University)
October 11th – Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup, Hopkinton, NH (Host: Franklin Pierce University)
October 19th – Pre-Nationals Invitational, Madison, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin)
November 2nd – BIG EAST Championships, Leesburg, VA (Host: Georgetown University)
November 15th – NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, Hopkinton, NH (Host: University of Massachusetts – Lowell)
November 23rd – NCAA National Championships, Madison, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin)
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- Chloe Thomas Wins BIG EAST Female Athlete of the WeekSTORRS, Conn.- UConn women's cross country senior Chloe Thomas was named BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week, announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon.
