COLUMBIA, Mo. – Wichita State cross country is headed to Columbia for the Pre-National Invitational at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. Due to incoming weather in Missouri, the races have been moved from Saturday morning to Friday morning.
 
The men will race the 8K at 10 a.m. with the women's 6K to follow at 10:45 a.m.
 
The Shockers are set for their final regular season race before the American Athletic Conference Championships. Wichita State will race in a field of 39 teams who will all get a preview of the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championship course.
 
The men's 8K features five ranked teams and two more receiving votes in the latest USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll, including No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Missouri, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 24 Ole Miss, No. 30 Loyola-Chicago and receiving votes Minnesota and Wyoming.
 
The women's 6K also has five ranked teams and four more receiving votes with No. 3 Florida, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 14 Penn State, No. 21 Missouri, No. 30 Tennessee, and receiving votes Arkansas, Clemson, Minnesota and Texas all set to line up.