Meet Info

GRINNELL, Iowa – Saturday will feature one of the most anticipated cross country events in the region – the annual Les Duke Invitational.
 
The meet, hosted by Grinnell College, begins at 9:30 a.m. at the GC Golf Course. The women's 6-kilometer race is first, followed by the men's 8-kilometer event at 10:15 a.m. 
 
Joining the Pioneers at the meet will be Augustana, Central, Clarke, Culver-Stockton, Monmouth, Principia, Simpson and William Penn. Grinnell will also have a team consisting of alumni, faculty and staff. 

Central's women and men are both ranked 30th nationally. Central's women are ranked fourth in the Midwest Region, Grinnell is sixth and Augustana is ninth. In the men's regional rankings, Central is fifth, Simpson holds down the seventh spot and Grinnell is ninth.