The Bulldogs are in Michigan Friday morning, taking part in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
 
Regionals across the country Friday will go a long way in determining the teams who comprise the field at the NCAA Championships later this month in Terre Haute, Indiana. The top two teams at each regional earn automatic berths to the NCAA Championships. Eighteen spots among the 32-team field are solidified at the nine NCAA regionals with the final 14 coming in an at-large capacity.
 
The Great Lakes Regional will be contested on the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing. Michigan State is the regional host. The event begins at 10 a.m. with the women's 6k, followed by the men's 10k race at 11 a.m.
 
The Butler men, currently ranked No. 29 in the USTFCCCA national poll, will face off against No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 21 Michigan State, and No. 28 Michigan among the 32-team men's field.
 
In their most recent competition, the Bulldogs finished fourth at the 2026 BIG EAST Championships, led by William Zegarski who was the runner-up individually. Graham Tomori and Kyle Grove joined Zegarski in earning All-BIG EAST honors.
 
The Bulldogs were second at the 2025 regional, led by (now graduated) Jesse Hamlin's second-place finish and Zegarski's fourth-place result. Butler has an active streak of six consecutive NCAA Championship appearances.
 
Zegarski, Tomori and Grove will be joined in the Butler line-up by Sean Byrnes, Simon Jeukenne, Asher Propst, and Matteo Rosio.
 
The Butler women are joined in the 35-team field by No. 13 Notre Dame and No. 15 Toledo, the two regional teams ranked nationally. Michigan, Indiana and Michigan State round out the top five in the Great Lakes rankings.
 
Hannah Moore has been Butler's top finisher in all four of their meets this season, most recently finishing 28^th among the BIG EAST Championships field. Hana Boggess was three seconds behind her, placing 31^st at the conference meet. That duo is joined in the Butler line-up by Callie Bentley, Emily Berger, Poppy Healy, Mckenna Mazeski, and Ella Olthof.
 
The Bulldogs got an early look at the regional course, participating in the Spartan Invitational Sept. 11 in what was the first competition of the fall for Butler.
 
The 2026 NCAA Championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 on the LaVern Gibson course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The NCAA Selection Show for the Championships is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, the day after all nine regional meets conclude.