HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Eastern Kentucky cross country teams travel for their first away meet at the North Alabama Showcase on Friday, Sept. 16. The meet will start at 7:30 a.m.
 
The Colonel men's team returns ten runners from last season, while the women's team returns six competitors from last year's squad.
 
The Maroon and White will not be running everyone at the North Alabama Showcase. On Friday, senior Keeton Thornsberry, junior Alex Leshan, sophomores Jan Badia-Celma, Nicodemus Rotich, and freshmen Rolando Ortiz and Aniol Borras will lace up for the Colonels. Junior Caleb Bolus will make his EKU debut.
 
Graduate student Jone Zabaleta Larranaga, seniors Katy Chapman, Anouk van Gils, Grace Kilroy, and freshman Irene Rubio Miralles will compete for the EKU women.
 
North Alabama will host the meet. The 40 other schools in the field include: Alabama, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Auburn, Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Birmingham Southern, Bryan, Calhoun CC, Chattanooga, Covenant, Cumberland, Eastern Florida, Emmanuel, FGCU, Gadsden State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, Lamar, Lee, Memphis, Mississippi College, Mississippi State, New Orleans, Samford, South Alabama, USF, University of Southern Indiana, Southern Miss, Troy, Queens, UAB, UCF, Wallace State, WKU, William Carey.