Little Rock Cross Country Set for OVC Championships

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock Cross Country is set to make its debut at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday morning when the league's postseason meet gets underway in Cookeville, Tennessee.
 
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The race, hosted by Tennessee Tech and held at the Putnum County Sports Complex, will begin with the women's 6K race at 10 a.m. followed by the men's 8K race at 11 a.m. Live results will be available.
 
This will be the 62nd OVC men's championship, as the first one was held in 1962; the women's championship will be determined for the 44th time this year. For Little Rock, along with Lindenwood and Southern Indiana, this will be the first experience at an OVC Championship race. Admission is free to the public.
 
Participating Teams
Little Rock, Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri, SIUE, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin
 
Three Things to Know

1. A First For All
   Saturday's championship race won't just be a first for Little Rock as they compete in the OVC meet, it will be a first for every female runner competing. The 2022 OVC Women's Cross Country Championship will mark the first time the women will run a 6K race. The move to a longer race (previously it was a 5K race) was made to align the conference championship meet with the same distance as the NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships.
2. First and 15
   The Trojans felt they ran decent times in Fayetteville at the dry and dusty Chile Pepper Invitational but little did they know how well they ran. When the results came in, the Little Rock women's performances marked the first time since 2007 that the Trojans had four women run sub-19-minute times at the Chile Pepper Invite. Credit Matilda Horton (17:50.4), Kyla Lochtefeld (18:28.7), Ariana Garcia (18:47.6) and Brooke Walker (18:59.5) for making moves on the course.
3. Women Rank 15th in Region
   Little Rock's Women enter this week's action ranked 15th in the South Central Region. The Trojans were last listed in the regional rankings in the first week of the 2021 season as the Trojans were also rated 15th. Little Rock is the ONLY OVC women's team ranked in the regional rankings.

 
For the latest information on Little Rock Cross Country, make sure to check out LRTrojans.com. You can also find the team on social media at @LittleRockTFXC on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
 
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