The Drake University men's and women's cross country teams return to Minnesota this Saturday, Sept. 29, to compete at the 33^rd annual Roy Griak Invitational. The annual meet is one of the largest and most prestigious in the Midwest and often gives an early preview of November's NCAA Regional competitions.
 
The Bulldogs are heading into the meet coming off of a two-week training block and are excited to take on the challenging course as the Les Bolstad Course in Falcon Heights, Minn. Earlier this season, the team got a brief preview of parts of the course at the shorter Oz Memorial, an event won by sophomore Maximilian Fridrich (Salzburg, Austria).
 
Tentatively, the men's race is set to start at 11:10 a.m. and the women at 12:15 p.m. Drake is set to compete against the host, Minnesota, Arizona State, California Baptist, Creighton, Duke, Harvard, Montana State, North Dakota State, Rice, South Dakota State, University of South Dakota and Western
 
After this weekend's races, the team takes another two weeks to train before heading to Peoria, Ill., to complete in the annual Bradley Pink Classic.