EAST LANSING, Mich. - Championship season begins for the Michigan State University cross country team as it travels to State College, Pa., to compete in the Big Ten championships on Nov. 1.

The men's 5.2-mile race is scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m., with the women's 6K race following at 11:45 a.m. The women's team, currently ranked second in Great Lakes Region and 27th nationally, had an impressive showing last season at the 2008 Big Ten Championships, finishing third as a team with standout Nicole Bush becoming only the fourth Big Ten Champion on the women's side in school history. Redshirt junior Emily MacLeod (Loveland, Ohio) finished fifth for the Spartans in last year's event, placing 29th overall.

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