The Upper Iowa men and women's cross country teams travel to the University of Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 22 to race in the Roy Griak Invitational. The event will take place on the Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Peacocks begin competition at 12 p.m. with the men's 8K race and 12:45 p.m. with the women's 6K race.
 
All three division levels of the NCAA will be represented at the meet. The gold races represent division one competitors and the maroon represents division two and three athletes. 
 
Both cross country teams have competed once so far this season. The women competed in the Asfahl-Hauglund-Swenson All-American Race (5k) hosted by Luther College. Senior Ashley Donovan earned an 11th place finish with a time of 21:19.89.
 
On the men's side, their squad participated in the Takle-Sundet-Rapp-Murray All-American Race (4 miles) hosted by Luther College. They finished fourth out of seven teams in the competition. Nolan Evans finished 27th with a time of 23:11.27. Close behind him was Brayan Silva coming in at 23:17.52 taking 29th place.
 
Last season at the Roy Griak Invitational, the Upper Iowa women took 22nd place in the 6K race with an average time of 23:50.5. The men's team finished in 25th place in the 8K race with an average time of 29:54.5.
 
Both teams will look to improve their times and finishes in this next meet. Live stats can be found using the link https://live.pttiming.com/xc-ptt.html?mid=5129.