PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — Last year the men’s cross country squad capped off an excellent season with a MEAC Championship. This fall the team will put their title defense on the line with a series of challenging meets, both home and away.

It all kicks off on September 5^th in Princess Anne with the UMES Lid-Lifter Invitational, scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.. The ladies will race first, followed by the men. On September 12^th, the Hawks hop on the bus to Newark, Del. for the University of Delaware Invitational. Race times will start at 10:00a.m. at White Clay Creek State Park. One week later the team returns home to take on several opponents at the Cappy Anderson Invitational on the 19^th.

After an open weekend UMES hits the road for three different meets in October. A trip to Smyrna, Del. awaits on the 3^rd as the Hawks will compete in the DSU Farm Run Invitational, starting at ten in the morning. Following an off week will be a trek to the Garden State to close out the regular season at the Princeton Invitational on the 17^th, also starting at ten.

Two weeks later the Hawks will make a second trip to Smyrna for the MEAC Cross Country Championships on October 31^st. The first race will commence at 9:45a.m. with the second race coming immediately afterward.

Those athletes would qualify can then move on to race in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, which will be held back in Princeton on November 14^th, starting at noon. The final race of the season also requires qualification — the IC4A/ECAC Championships in the Bronx on November 21^st, beginning at ten in the morning.