TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Wichita State travels to Indiana State to compete at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational at Indiana State.
 
The Shocker men's team, as well as Vivien Kipkorir, will race in the Blue races, while two men's individuals and the women's team will race in the White races.
 
The women's Blue 6K race starts things off at 10 a.m., followed by the men's Blue race at 10:40 a.m. The women's White race begins at 11:20 a.m., and the men's White race starts at noon.
 
All racing teams will be getting a preview of this year's NCAA Cross Country Championship course, running on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
 
A season ago at the Pre-National Invitational at Missouri, Elkana Kipruto recorded a runner-up finish to help the Shocker men to a seventh-place team finish out of 31 teams. The Shocker women took 24th out of 38 teams, led by Lucy Ndungu with a 44^th-place finish.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Wichita State men's cross country team took down two nationally-ranked teams on its way to a third-place team finish Friday morning at the Gans Creek Classic. The Shocker men finished second behind No. 16 Arkansas and receiving votes Tennessee with 170 points, defeating No. 28 Missouri and No. 30, who placed sixth and 10^th, respectively. Senior Nicholas Kipchirchir and junior Elkana Kipruto led the Shockers with top-five individual finishes as Kipchirchir took third with a school record 8K time of 22:40.5 and Kipruto finished three seconds behind him in fifth with a time of 22:43.5. Junior Kelvin Kipyego was the third Shocker across the line, finishing 51^st with a time of 23:51.8, and sophomore Austin Carrera and junior Dennis Rono rounded out the top five, taking 55^th (23:53.9) and 59^th (23:56.5). The Wichita State men currently rank ninth in the Midwest region and are looking to move up after Friday's strong showing. Sophomore Vivien Kipkorir led the Wichita State women with a 17^th-place finish, running over a minute faster than her previous personal best with a time of 20:01.3, good for No. 2 in Wichita State history. Francesca Alvarado was the next Shocker to finish, taking 149^th with a time of 21:39.7, while Isabelle Hartnett (184^th; 21:58.2), Irene Andujar Martinez (196^th; 22:10.1) and Jordyn Picolet (199^th; 22:12.6) rounded out the scoring positions for the Shocker women.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE ACCOLADES
Nicholas Kipchirchir was named the American Conference Athlete of the Week following a third-place finish at the Gans Creek Classic.
 
SHOCKERS IN THE RANKINGS
The Wichita State men are ranked No. 6 in the USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings.
In the national XCRI, Nicholas Kipchirchir and Elkana Kipruto are ranked 36^th and 45^th, respectively.
 
AMERICAN CONFERENCE PRESEASON COACHES POLL
The Shocker men were picked to finish third behind Tulane and Tulsa, receiving two first-place votes, while the women were selected to finish fifth behind Tulane, Tulsa, Rice and Charlotte.