Most GNAC Teams Begin Cross Country Season This Week

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The 2010 cross country season begins for seven of the 10 Great Northwest Athletic Conference teams this week in meets at Fairbanks, Billings, Bellingham and Honolulu.

Western Washington, which is the defending GNAC men's champion, opens its season at home in the Lake Padden Relays. Western Oregon and a partial team from Seattle Pacific will also compete.

The Falcons will also send athletes to Fairbanks to compete in a pair of meets on Thursday and Saturday along with Northwest Nazarene and host Alaska Fairbanks.

Alaska Anchorage, which is the defending GNAC women's and NCAA West Region team champion, is in Hawaii this weekend to compete Saturday in the Hawaii Pacific Invitational. Meanwhile, Montana State Billings makes its debut at home in the MSUB Open. (more)

GNAC, Spokane Regional Sports Commission To Host NCAAs in 2011, 2013

The 2011 and 2013 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships will be held in Spokane, Wash., the NCAA Division II Championship Committee announced earlier this week.

The championships will be co-hosted by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the Spokane Regional Sports Commission in partnership with the Plantes Ferry Athletic Complex and the Mirabeau Park Hotel.

The 2011 championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex. The 2013 championships will be Saturday, Nov. 23 at the same site.