Eastern Illinois cross country has released its 2025 schedule which will include two home meets at the Tom Woodall Panther Trail this fall with EIU set to host the Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
 
The Panthers will open a week earlier than normal as they will compete on Friday, August 29 at the Southeast Missouri Redhawk Invite in Cape Girardeau.
 
The following Friday, EIU will host the EIU Walt Crawford Invite with a good number of teams expected to be in both the men's and women's fields this year.
 
The EIU Walt Crawford will kick off a cycle of meets for the Panthers every other week through the end of the season.   EIU closes out September on the 20th at the Indiana State John McNichols Invite.
 
October has two regular season meets on the schedule with the Louisville XC Classic on October 4 and Bradley Pink Classic on October 17.
 
EIU will serve as the host for the OVC Championships for the fourth time (first since 2017) with the meet held on Friday, October 31.
 
The NCAA Midwest Regional will be hosted by Oklahoma State on November 14 with the NCAA National Championships hosted by Missouri on November 22.