Great Lakes Regional Next for Ohio State – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/13/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Nov. 13, 2014
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Championship season continues for the Ohio State men’s cross country team this Friday, Nov. 14, at the 2014 NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Madison, Wis.
The six-year-old Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course will serve as the site of the 30-team, 10k championship race, which gets underway at 2 p.m. ET. Live results are available at the above link, while @Badger_Track will provide live Twitter updates. A complete recap can be found at www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com following the race.
Setting the Stage
Five conference champions will be represented in the field: No. 6 Wisconsin (Big Ten), Eastern Michigan (MAC), Indiana State (Missouri Valley), IUPUI (Summit League) and Detroit (Horizon League). The Badgers look to reclaim the regional title from 12th-ranked Michigan, who ended UW’s 11-year run atop the Great Lakes region at last year’s meet. No. 20 Indiana and No. 27 Michigan State also hope to break into the Top 2 and clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA championships.
USTFCCCA Results Wall
Follow what’s happening in Wisconsin with live social media updates on the USTFCCCA Results Wall. The premise behind this page is to centralize up-to-date results/tweets/commentary of the weekend’s biggest meets into one convenient place where cross country fans can also interact with one another.
OSU in the USTFCCCA Regional Rankings
The Buckeye men jumped to No. 12 in the Nov. 4 edition of the USTFCCCA Great Lakes regional rankings.
The men’s regional rankings are led by No. 6 Wisconsin, followed by No. 12 Michigan, No. 20 Indiana, No. 27 Michigan State and Eastern Michigan.
A Look Back at Last Year
Ohio State finished seventh out of 31 teams at the 2014 NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Madison.
Nick Pupino earned All-Regional honors with a 20th-place finish overall in 30:55, while Michael Brajdic (31:25) and Brian Hannaford (31:26) were 37th and 38th, respectively. Blake Taneff (50th, 31:43) and Curtis Hanle (57th, 31:51) also scored for the Buckeyes.
Last Time Out
The Buckeyes competed at the Big Ten championships in Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 2.
OSU finished 10th overall with a team score of 277. Senior Jackson Neff led the Buckeyes with a personal-best 8k time of 24:44.7, finishing 48th overall.
