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The Lincoln Blue Tigers took ninth place out of 11 teams in the women’s standings Saturday during the Brian T. Simpson Invitational, which was hosted by Missouri-St. Louis at Gans Creek Cross Country Course.
The Lincoln track and field teams competed Friday in both the Arkansas Qualifier and the Illinois College Hilltop Invite.
COLUMBIA — The Lincoln women’s cross country team opened its season Friday with an 11th-place finish at Columbia College’s Larry Young Invitational at Gans Creek Course. Lincoln finished with 314 points in the women’s team standings. Truman State won the team title with 41 points.
The Lincoln Blue Tigers will have several athletes in action at the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field national championships, which begin today and continue through Saturday at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. Heading into the national championships, both Lincoln teams are ranked in the top 10 in Division II by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The men are ranked No. 7 and the women are ranked No. 8.
The Lincoln Blue Tigers won a total of nine events at the MIAA outdoor track and field championships, a three-day event that concluded Sunday at Emporia State. The men finished third out of 10 teams with 96 points, while the women also placed third out of 12 teams with 93 points in the final standings. The Lincoln women won five conference titles and the men won four.