PEORIA, Ill. - The IUPUI men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the Bradley 'Pink' Classic on Friday (Oct. 14) as they'll run against some of the top programs from across the Midwest. The Women's White Race (B Race) will take place at 1:30 p.m., followed by the Men's White Race (B Race) at 2:15 p.m. The Women's Red Race (A Race) will begin at 3 p.m. followed by the Men's Red Race (A Race) at 3:45 p.m. The women will compete in their first 6,000m race of the season while the men will run an 8K. The meet marks the final tune-up ahead of the Horizon League Championships, to be hosted by Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., on Oct. 29. 

This year's Red Race field will include Cincinnati, Drake, Eastern Illinois, Green Bay, Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana State, Louisville, Marquette, Miami (Ohio), North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Northern Kentucky, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oakland, Purdue Fort Wayne, SIUE, South Dakota State, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Toledo, UIC, Western Illinois, Western Michigan, Wichita State, Wright State and Xavier. 

Head coach Justin Roeder's team was brilliant at the Bradley event last season, rewriting the 8K record book as Nate Kaiser clocked a school record time of 24:06.5 and Nick Perkins spun a time of 24:13.2. Mitchell Rans was IUPUI's No. 3 runner at this event last season with a time of 24:50.2. This year, the Jaguars are coming off a third-place finish in the Gold Race at Notre Dame's Joe Piane Invitational two weeks ago. Sophomore Grant Moon led the way, placing 13th of 113 runners in a time of 24:42.5 and Eric Petersen was just off his pace at 24:57.5. Redshirt freshman Will Clark earned his third #HLXC Freshman of the Week Award after placing 22nd at Notre Dame in a time of 25:08.4. Perkins was just ahead of him at 25:04.4 and Alex Alba capped the group of scorers at 25:29.9. 

The Jaguars collected wins over Power 5 foes Texas Tech, Nebraska and Vanderbilt at Notre Dame and later moved back into the Great Lakes Regional rankings at the No. 15 spot. 

Head coach Antonio McDaniel's team saw six of its eight entrants at Notre Dame clock new personal bests at the 5K distance two weeks ago as the Jaguars finished 11th overall. Junior Ellie Cates spun a time of 18:05.7 to take nearly a minute off her prior best and Madison Fry ran a time of 18:07.2 to take 45 seconds off her previous best. Both moved into IUPUI's top 15 all-time at the 5K distance with their performances. Classmate Hannah Sale spun an 11-second PR with a time of 18:23.1 and freshman Julie Smith also put up a personal record in a time of 18:47.6. 

Sophomore Laci Provenzano ran a time of 19:03.4, taking a half minute off her prior best. 

Last year, Fry was the team's top performer at the Bradley 'Pink' Classic with a 6K time of 22:43.7 and Provenzano finished at 23:48.8. 

A full recap and results of Friday's meet will be posted to IUPUIJags.com immediately afterwards.