CHICAGO – Loyola Chicago cross country is set to compete at Indiana State's Under Armour Pre-National Invitational on Friday, Oct. 16 as the team's final tune-up before the Atlantic 10 Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31.  

The women's championship 6K begins at 9 a.m. CT and the men's 8K championship race to follow at 9:40 a.m. CT.  

Last time out, the Ramblers raced at their home meet, the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational, where the men came in 10th out of 17 and the women finished 17th out of 17 teams.  

Senior Jake Phillips led the pack on the men's side, coming in 18th overall with a personal course best of 23:12.71 finish – earning his first-ever A10 Performer of the Week award – and his senior counterpart Nate Boutin claimed 19th (23:12.79).  

Two Loyola women placed in the top 100 of the Championship Races: Graduate student Allison Dougherty finished 61st (20:25.77) and senior Eileen Seebon came in 82nd (20:42.15). Dougherty won A10 Performer of the Week alongside Phillips.  

In the latest batch of USTFCCCA DI Midwest Regional Rankings, the Loyola men stayed steady in seventh place while the women dropped out of the regional rankings. The Ramblers will rematch multiple teams from the Lakefront Invitational: Arizona, Lipscomb, Miami (OH), Michigan, Ohio, Purdue, Tulane and Vanderbilt.