ACU Cross Country Announces 2024 Racing Schedule
Glendale, Ariz.- Head Coach Brent Fahsholz and the Arizona Christian University Cross Country team have just released their schedule for the 2024 campaign. The schedule is highlighted by two meets in Arizona, including a home meet in Glendale being run at the historic Sahuaro Ranch Park.
“We took a year off from our home meet as we searched for a venue we felt could not merely host our annual home meet, but a GSAC championship meet as well,” Coach Fahsholz said. “The course we created at Sahuaro Ranch Park I believe will fit the bill. It is a 2K loop which is what you want for a 6k/8k championship course, and is made almost entirely of grass and dirt. It will also be very spectator friendly, and being flat, should offer the opportunity for quality times by the runners as well.”
The season kicks off in Prescott, AZ at the Embry-Riddle Invitational on Saturday September 7th. This will be followed by the aforementioned home meet, being dubbed, “The Firestorm Classic” on Friday September 20th. The race will feature all of the GSAC Arizona schools including newcomers Embry-Riddle, and Park (Gilbert).
From there, the team will set its sights on the biggest races of the season starting on October 5th at the Masters University XC Invitational in Santa Clarita, CA. Not only will they face all of their familiar conference foes, but they will also be previewing the course they will race at the GSAC XC Championships on November 8th.
The final tune up for GSAC will be at UC-Riverside on Saturday October 19th where they will compete in The Highlander Classic. Here they will face not merely conference opponents, but opponents all across the D1, D2, D3, and NAIA spectrum. “The two races leading up to GSAC are designed to prepare our runners for GSAC, but also the NAIA National meet should we have runners lucky enough to attend,” Coach Fahsholz said.
Every race on the meet schedule will feature GSAC competition, and will serve to usher in a new era of racing rivalries. “I am truly excited to be welcoming two quality programs to the GSAC. Embry-Riddle and Park (Gilbert) are programs that will make us better, and hopefully we will do the same for them,” Coach Fahsholz said.
Click HERE for the Men’s full schedule with start times.
Click HERE for the Women’s full schedule with start times.
Roll Storm!
