HAMILTON, N.Y. – Colgate University will host the Patriot League men’s and women’s cross country championships at the Harry Lang Fitness Trail Saturday, October 27.

The men’s race is 8000 meters and will begin at 11:00 a.m. and the women’s race is 6000 meters and will follow the men at 12:00 p.m.

Army will look to defend its league title from 2000 for the men, returning Patriot League individual champion Will Wyche (Blue Ridge, Va./Lord Boetourt).  Army also returns the second, fourth, 10^th and 11^th place finishers from 2000.

Colgate returns both of the Patriot League’s Outstanding Freshmen of the Year with sophomores Louis DiNuzzo (Loundonville, N.Y./Shaker) and Xavier deBoissezon (Geneva, Switzerland/Blair Academy) who finished 12^th and 15^th at the 2000 championships, respectively.

On the women’s side, Bucknell is favored for a repeat of its 2000 title returning two-time defending individual champion Becky Marshall (Montgomery, N.Y./Pine Bush Central).  The Bison also return Theresa Dennis (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Hanover Area) and Christina Crowe (State College,Pa./State College) who finished third and sixth, respectively.

Colgate returns its lone all-league selection Jenny McCarthy (Rutland, Mass./Wachusetts Region), who took eighth place in 2000.