Cross Country Announces 2017 Schedule

The Hudson Valley Community College men’s and women’s cross country program released its 2017 schedule.

The Vikings will compete in five regular season meets in preparation for the conference meet on Oct. 14 and the postseason regional and national meets on Oct. 28 and Nov. 4, respectively.

The season kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 2 when the Vikings will travel to compete in the SUNY Poly Short Course Invitational for a 10:00 a.m. start time.

For week two, the Vikings will travel to compete in the 2017 Mustang Invitational hosted by SUNY Morrisville at Lemery Field on the campus of SUNY Morrisville on Sept. 9.

The cross country program will take a week off before competing again on Sept. 23 when the Vikings travel to Bard for the Bard Raptors Invitational in Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y. for an 11:00 a.m. start time.

The Vikings will travel to the Herkimer College Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 30 where the women’s 5K race is expected to begin at 10:00 a.m. and the men’s 4-mile race will start at 10:45 a.m.

The men’s and women’s teams will conclude their regular season schedule on Oct. 7 when they travel to the James Earley Invitational on the campus of Westfield State University for a 10:30 a.m. start time.

The conference meet will be held on Oct. 14 at Herkimer College and the Regionals are scheduled for Oct. 28 at Finger Lakes Community College and the cross country Nationals meet will be on Nov. 4 at Holyoke Community College.