Butler is set to compete in the Gans Creek Classic, hosted by Missouri, Friday morning. The meet will take place at the Gans Creek Cross Country course, the site of this year's NCAA National Championship. 

The Bulldogs are currently ranked 15th in this week's national coaches' poll by the U.S. Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association. Including the Dawgs, 17 ranked schools will compete in the meet in addition to 42 other teams. 

The 8k Men's Gold Invitational is scheduled to start at 10:45 a.m. ET/ 9:45 am CT. Coach Matt Roe will run William Zegarski, Brendan Thomas, David Slapak, Jesse Hamlin, Austin Gabay, Eli Fullerton, Matthew Forrester, and Sean Byrnes.
 
Thomas enters this meet off a first-place finish at the season-opening Mike Baumer Cross Country Classic, which earned him BIG EAST Runner of the Week honors. The rest of the group is set make their respective season debuts. Eli Fullerton, a graduate transfer from Indiana Wesleyan, will make his Butler debut. 

The Dawgs competing in the Gold Invitational will be joined by 16 other ranked teams, including No. 1 Iowa State, No. 4 BYU, No. 6 Virginia, and No. 11 Alabama. 

The 8k Men's Black Invitational will begin at 9:15am ET/ 8:15am CT.  The Bulldogs will run Matteo Rosio, Kyle Grove, Charlie Jones, and Asher Propst in that race. 

Live results for the meet can be found HERE. Watch the meet HERE.

After competing last weekend in Fort Wayne, the Butler women will not be racing this weekend. They will be back in action Oct. 4 at the Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic.