Eagle Cross Country Invitational Set for Saturday Morning

Saturday, October 13

Statesboro, Ga.

Georgia Southern University

Eagle Invitational

Photo by: Bob Stoner

10/12/2018 3:14:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Georgia Southern hosts its first meet since joining the Sun Belt Conference

STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Cross Country returns to action on Saturday when the Eagles play host to the Eagle Invitational at the Seven Mile Farm Course in Statesboro. This will be the first meet held by the Eagles since the school joined the Sun Belt Conference, and the first to be held on the Seven Mile Farm site. The day starts with the Women's race at 9 a.m. with the Men's race set for 9:45 a.m.

Live results for the races are available through Delta Timing HERE

Newcomer Merabu Nagwandala has set the pace for the Eagles in the season's early meets, leading the squad across the line in races at South Carolina and USC Upstate.

The Seven Mile Farm Course sits on the former site of Smithfield Golf Course south of Statesboro on Highway 46. For a Google Maps link to the site, click HERE

Saturday's meet is the final tune-up for the Eagles before the Sun Belt Championships in Mobile, Alabama. The race is set for Saturday morning, October 27th on the Gulf Coast.