What’s next: CCSU Ted Owen Invitational

The cross country team travels to Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, Conn., on Saturday for the 14^th annual Ted Owen Invitational. Race schedule is as follows:

Women’s 5km: 11 a.m.

Men’s 8km*: 11:45 a.m.

*The reason for the asterisk is the course at CCSU is definitely longer than 8km and 5 miles, and has been for a long time. The working number that we use is 8,165 meters, because we measured it with a wheel a few years ago (one loyal blog follower will surely contact me, as he gets exasperated and annoyed at courses not being measured to the “normal” exact distances). Assuming that the course hasn’t changed, that will be the number we use tomorrow. We’ll convert the finish times accordingly.

We will be running a mostly full squad for the women and a partial squad for the men. Here are the teams expected to compete:  CCSU, FDU, Hartford, Marist, New Haven, NJIT, Pace, St Francis University, SCSU, Vermont, Wagner, Rhode Island (women), Lehigh (women).

The weather looks great, cooler temperatures. It appears that today is the last of the really warm afternoon high temperatures as the autumn weather may actually start to kick in, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s. Hope to see some of you there at CCSU’s meet on Saturday.