Cross Country Vies for GNAC Championship this Weekend

BOSTON – Suffolk's cross country teams and their conference foes trek up to Standish, Maine Saturday, Nov. 2 as conference crowns are up for grabs at the 2019 GNAC Championships at the SJC Course. The women's 5k heat is set for an 1 p.m. start with the men's 8K set to take off at 2 p.m. 

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POLL POSITION
With several days remaining to prep for the GNAC Championships, the conference released the GNAC poll Thursday afternoon. The Rams men's team is predicted to place third while the women's squad has been chosen to capture the crown. 

MORE READING: Women's Cross Country Predicted Champion, Men Picked Third in GNAC Pre-Championship Poll

THE COURSE
Originally built in the late 1980s, the SJC Cross Country course was redesigned in 2006 by former Saint Joseph's (Maine) cross country coach Tom Dan. The trail is built within the woods of the campus and offers many challenging obstacles. It has many different routes, which create two different courses for men and women. Also, included in the course is "Monks Misery," known by many as the most challenging part of the course, which goes around Lakeside field and has many hard turns and steep hills that challenge even the most skilled runner.  

A YEAR AGO [ MEN ]
Maytas Csiki-Fejer paced the Suffolk's men cross country team to a third-place finish at the 2018 GNAC Championships at the SJC Course. 

A YEAR AGO [ WOMEN ]
Emma Weisse, who won the first-ever individual GNAC championship at Suffolk, led the way for the women's cross country team as the Rams placed third at the 2018 GNAC Championships. 

MORE READING: Cross Country Makes History at 2018 GNAC Championships

LAST TIME OUT [ MEN ]
In its final action before the GNAC Championships, the Suffolk men's cross country team put together a sixth-place finish at the Suffolk Invite Oct. 19th at Franklin Park. 

MORE READING: Csiki-Fejer Captures Crown, Men's Cross Country Finishes Sixth at Suffolk Invitational 

LAST TIME OUT [ WOMEN ]
Emily Manfra paved the way for Suffolk women's cross country as the senior cruised to an individual title and helped the Rams finish fifth at the Suffolk Invite Oct. 19th at Franklin Park.  

MORE READING: Manfra Wins, Women's Cross Country Takes Fifth at Suffolk Invitational

WHAT'S NEXT? 
Suffolk takes its talents to Brunswick, Maine to compete in the NCAA New England Regionals Sunday, Nov. 16.