Kent State University
NCAA Great Lakes Regional
Kent State Heads to NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships
11/9/2023 12:03:00 PM | Cross Country
The Kent State cross country teams head to Madison, Wisconsin for the 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Cross Country Regional Championships on Friday.
The meet will take place at Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course, the site of the 2018 and 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The women's 6K race will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET, followed by the men's 10K at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Previewing the Flashes
Baidy Ba continued his stellar junior season with a fourth-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships to earn All-MAC First Team accolades for the second year in a row. Ba has placed in the top-four in every race this season, including a victory in the Orange 8K race at Pre-Nationals on Oct. 14, and looks to be in the hunt for a NCAA Championships individual spot once again after finishing seventh at last year's NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a Golden Flashes 10K record time of 30:07.0.
Senior Ethan Yost and sophomore Dylan McBride are coming off strong performances at the conference meet, finishing 27th and 28th, respectively. Yost has been the second across the finish line for Kent State in all five races he's competed this season.
Junior Ariana Manos finished 62nd to lead the women at the MAC Championships. Junior Sydney Gallagher has been the first Flash across the finish line in three races this season, with junior Lany Straub pacing the team at the remaining meet.
Up Next for the Flashes
The top two teams in each race will qualify for the NCAA Championships on Nov. 18. Additionally, the top four individual finishers not on an advancing team will earn a spot at the national meet in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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