RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - The Arkansas Tech Cross Country team heads to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. to participate in the Cowboy Jamboree this Saturday, September 18. This will be the second meet of the season for the Golden Suns.

Tech comes off a strong showing in their first outing of the season at the City Auto Memphis Twilight Classic where they finished 9 of 22. Among those 22 teams were nine major Division I programs. The Golden Suns were the second highest placing Division II program at the meet.

The meet for this weekend in Oklahoma will be a 6K race and Tech will compete against 20 other cross country programs. Once again the Golden Suns will face some major Division I programs such as Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

Head Cross Country/ Track and Field Coach Brock Hime is happy to see constant improvement and is eager for the team to compete in the spotlight this weekend

"This weekend we are focusing on running our own race. We have a great opportunity to race in a big energy environment on a phenomenal course with a lot of history behind it. We ran really well at Memphis and workouts are continuing to show progression, so Saturday should be a lot of fun for everyone. There is nothing more fun than competing on a big stage, full-throttle. Fight On!"

The race is set to begin at 9:15 a.m. Saturday morning.