Williams Cross Country Meet Saturday at Mount Greylock, Off-Site Parking AvailableiBerkshires.com Sports, 09:09PM / Thursday, September 21, 2017 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams College men's and women's cross country teams will welcome 27 schools to Mount Greylock Regional School on Saturday for the Purple Valley Classic.
Due to the building project at the junior-senior high school, the college is asking fans to park at Margaret Lindley Park and use a shuttle bus to and from the school.
Five of the top 10 women's teams in Division III are scheduled to take part in the race.
The Williams women, who are ranked fourth in the nation, will be joined by third-ranked MIT, fifth-ranked Geneseo, seventh-ranked Ithaca and eighth-ranked Middlebury.
Head coach Pete Farwell is excited to see his squad compete with such a strong field, which he said is "perhaps the strongest ever for this meet."
"The varsity is well-prepared for the 6K distance and knows the course well and how to pace the race," Farwell said. "We'll see where we're at, in the midst of high level training."
The Women's Varsity 6k will begin at 1 p.m.
The men's varsity 8K race starts at 12:10.
The men's meet boasts an enticing competitive field with 10 regionally-ranked teams according to the recent USTFCCCA poll. From New England, second-ranked MIT, third-ranked Amherst, fourth-ranked Middlebury, and seventh-ranked Tufts will be in attendance.
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