The Misericordia University cross country teams will compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional championships, Saturday in Newville, PA.

The men's race is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Big Spring High School while the women's will follow at noon.
 
The MU women are coming a runner-up finish at the MAC championships are ranked eighth in the region.
 
The men were third at MAC's and are ranked seventh in the region.
 
The women finished fifth in the region a year ago with three runners earning all-region status, including returnees Grace Gallagher and Madison Kammer.
 
First-year Madison Hedglin won the MAC championship and teamed with Gallagher and Kammer for a 2-3-4 finish to lead the Cougars to the team title on the same course at the Dickinson Invitational earlier this season.
 
They will be joined by All-MAC finishers Cassandra Burt, Grace Morningstar and Rachel Ulrich along with Madison Moore at the regional meet.
 
The men's team finished sixth at the regional meet a year with all-region finishers, including returnee Trey Rhinehart.
 
Rhinehart finished third at the MAC meet and will be joined by All-MAC performers, Ryan Weber, Ryan Shulman and Thomas Bricker.  Caleb Shea, Daniel O'Keefe and Weston Medvetz will round out MU's line-up.
 
Rhinehart finished second and Bricker and Weber were eighth and 12^th, respectively, as the Cougars finished second at the Dickinson Invitational earlier this season.