LIVINGSTON, Ala. –  The University of West Alabama cross country team returns to the course on Saturday, Oct. 10, participating in the Jacksonville State Foothills Invitational.  The meet starts with the women’s 5K race at 10 a.m. followed by the men’s 8K at 10:45 a.m.

The UWA harriers have been idle since Sept 19 at the Mississippi State Invitational.  The Tigers were scheduled to compete in the Pre-Southeastern Conference Meet in Oxford, Miss. on Sept. 26, but that event was erased by heavy rains that swept across the Magnolia state that weekend.  UWA is coming off fourth-place finishes for both the men and women at the MSU-hosted event.

The field this weekend consist of host-JSU, Emory University, Alabama A&M, Huntingdon College, Bevill State, Gadsden State, Miles College, Morehouse College, Montevallo, North Alabama, North Georgia, Stillman College, Tuskegee and UAH.

Saturday’s meet will be a final tune up for the Gulf South Conference Championship that will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Hoover, Ala.