Brief recap of this past weekend's Queen City Invitational from NKU Cross Country Coach Steve Kruse.
The 31st Annual Queen City Invitational was at its original course in Mount Airy Forest this past Friday. Despite the previous weeks rains and the threat of severe thunderstorms in the area on the day of the race, it was a beautiful late summer evening to have a cross country meet. With competing teams very similar to recent years past, it is apparent that some smaller programs are catching up with some of the larger ones making a somewhat familiar field become a much more competitive one. 1st year DII team Cedarville had a convincing win in the overall men’s race making it the first year since 2000 that neither Xavier or Cincinnati won the men’s race. For the women, Xavier had no problem repeating as team champions this year, followed once again by the Bearcats. Comparatively the course ran slow for both men’s & women’s races based on previous races at Mt. Airy. Perhaps the most noteworthy item of the afternoon was the fans. There were so many people crammed in at Mount Airy to watch a Friday night meet that it was actually hard to get around the course if you were not actually racing. This created a very exciting atmosphere and I am thrilled that we had so many Norse supporters to cheer us on.
Queen City Race Results
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