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Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country will compete at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday morning with the event hosted this year by the University of Iowa.
 
The women will run the 6K event at 11 a.m. followed by the men's 10K event at 12 p.m.   The event will be streamed on Big Ten Plus from the Ashton Cross Country Course in Iowa City, Iowa.
 
The EIU men enter the event ranked sixth in the Midwest Regional poll after winning their second straight Ohio Valley Conference Championship.   Dustin Hatfield was the OVC men's individual champion with teammate Jaime Marcos finishing second at the OVC Championships.  The pair both earned first team All-OVC honors as the Panthers had six runners earn All-OVC accolades with Franky Romano, Trevor Murphy, Richie Jacobo and Adam Swanson all finishing in the top 14 to earn All-OVC honors.
 
Earlier this season Hatfield set the school record for the 8K distance as he and Marcos both posted sub-24 minute times at the Louisville Classic. 
 
On the women's side EIU enters after placing third at the OVC Championships on Oct. 30 in Nashville.  Lindsey Carlson was the OVC women's individual champion with teammate Kate Bushue finishing second at the OVC Championships.  The pair both earned first team All-OVC honors while Avani Flanagan was a second team All-OVC performer placing in the top 14 at the championship event.
 
Earlier this season Carlson set the EIU school record for the 6K distance at the Bradley "Pink" Classic. 
 
The NCAA Midwest Regional field includes 34 women's teams and 31 men's teams.  The top two teams will automatically advance to the NCAA National Championships held later this month in Tallahassee, Fla.   The top 25 individual finishers in the field earn All-Region honors.  Hatfield earned All-Region honors for the EIU men during the 2018 season.