DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's cross Country team will begin its season this Saturday, Sept. 2, competing in the Queen City Invitational.

The meet will take place at the VOA MetroPark in West Chester, Ohio. The men's race will begin at 9 a.m. followed by the women's race at 9:30 am.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN
The Flyers return a strong group of runners from last year's team that won the Atlantic-10 Championship. Dayton welcomes back some of their top runners from last season including junior Chris Negri, junior Spencer Danielson, sophomore J.P. Flavin, and senior Tyler Adgalanis. Adgalanis is one of three seniors leading the team along with Tom Clark and Michael George. The Flyers also bring in a large freshman class, with six rookie runners joining the team in 2017. Negri, Danielson, and Adgalanis all were named All-Conference in 2016 as well.

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
After competing in the Queen City Invitational this weekend, the Flyers will have a week off before they have back-to-back races on September 15-16. Some runners will compete in the National Catholic Invitational hosted by Notre Dame on Sept. 15, while the rest of the team will compete at the Friendship Invitational in Cedarville on Sept. 16. To round out the regular season, Dayton will compete in the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville on Sept. 29, and the NCAA Pre-Nationals hosted by Louisville on Oct. 14. In postseason action, the Flyers will run in the 2017 A-10 Championships on Oct. 28 in Fairfax, Va., followed by the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Terra Haute, Ind. on Nov. 10.

2016 SEASON REVIEW
A successful 2016 season saw the Flyers finish in the top three in five of their seven races. Dayton hopes to carry over the momentum that they ended last season, which culminated in an A-10 Championship. After being picked to finish ninth in the conference, the Flyers worked hard all year and ended up winning their first ever conference title. In the following race, Dayton finished 10^th out of 30 teams in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional competition, the highest finish in that race in school history.

For more information regarding the 2017 Dayton men's cross country season, check back at DaytonFlyers.com.