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Panorama Farms XC 23 Invitational
Huskies Headed to UVA for Panorama Farms XC 23 Invitational
10/14/2022 12:09:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn women's cross country team will head to the University of Virginia for the Panorama Farms XC 23 Invitational on Saturday morning in their final competition before the 2022 BIG EAST Championship at the end of the month.
The Huskies will line up for the 5K race at 11 am on Saturday morning. UConn will compete in a field that features Boston University, Boston College, Charlotte, Dartmouth, Eastern Kentucky, Johns Hopkins, No.27 Kentucky, Liberty, Norfolk State, Ole Miss, Penn, Texas, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and William & Mary. In the most recent USTFCCCA Northeast Regional poll the Huskies were ranked fourth.
UConn last ran in the Paul Short Invite two weeks and debuted their full lineup for the first time at that race. The Huskies finished 13th overall as a team in the 46-team field. Sophomore Chloe Thomas (Dundas, Ontario) saw her first race action of the season and was the Huskies top-finisher on the 6K course. She was one of six Huskies to post a new PR at the race, finishing 49th overall with a time of 20:24.1.
Following Saturday's race at UVA the Huskies will make their final preparations for the BIG EAST title race on October 29th in Attleboro, Mass. at Mark Coogan Cross Country Course at Highland Park.
UVA announced this week that two-time Olympic gold medalist and current world-record holder Hicham El Guerrouj will be honored as the guest starter for the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational. El Guerrouj will be available for an autograph session immediately following the women's 5k race. El Guerrouj dominated the 1500-meter distance from 1995 through 2004 as he won four world championships as well as a pair of Olympic gold medals. Over a nine-year period, El Guerrouj raced in 86 finals at 1500m and the mile and won 83 of those races.
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