The William and Mary men's cross country season races Saturday in its final tune-up before the conference championships, taking on over 50 teams at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind.  the 8K look at next month's national championship site will have 13 teams competing that are ranked or receiving votes in the national poll, including defending NCAA champion and No. 1 ranked Oklahoma State.  The Tribe will also be sending athletes down to the CNU Invitational in Newport News on Saturday as well.

Schedule
11:00 AM - Pre-National Seeded Race, Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Ind.
12:00 PM - CNU Invitational, Lee Hall Mansion Park, Newport News, Va.

Scouting the Tribe
W&M will be taking seven athletes out to Indiana to compete against the best in the nation.  As a team, the Tribe won the W&M Invitational, took third at the Spider Alumni Open, and was eighth at the Panorama Farms Invitational.

Pre-National Athletes	Notes	CNU Athletes	Notes
David Barney	Third overall at W&M, fifth on the team at UVA	Ricky Cappetta	Eighth on the team at W&M
Ryan Gousse	Fourth on the team at UVA, fifth at Richmond, 2012 CAA Rookie of the Year	Tom Feeney	Sixth on the team at W&M
Rad Gunzenhauser	Won Richmond, eighth overall at UVA, 2x CAA Runner of the Week	David Gunnerson	Third on the team at Richmond, fifth at W&M, 10th at UVA
Nathaniel Hermsmeier	Second on the team at Richmond, seventh at UVA	Ian MacFawn	Fourth on the team at Richmond, seventh at W&M
Joshua Mercado	Third on the team at UVA, sixth at Richmond, 2012 CAA 10,000m champion	David Pennesi	Season debut
Faris Sakallah	Sixth on the team at UVA	Jacob Sears	Season debut
Trevor Sleight	Second on the team at UVA (34th overall)	Nick Tyrey	Fourth on the team at W&M, ninth at UVA
		David Waterman	Season debut
		Dmitri Zuccarello	Season debut

Scouting Pre-Nationals
The Pre-National Invitational seeded race will include a total of 52 teams, with 13 ranked in the national top-30 or receiving votes.  The individual race has six returning All-Americans from the 2012 NCAA Championships, including individual champion Kennedy Kithuka of Texas Tech and defending Pre-National winner Anthony Rotich of UTEP.

Pre-National Teams	Rank	Notable Individuals	Last Year NCAA Finish
Oklahoma State	1	Kennedy Kithuka (Texas Tech)	Champion
Colorado	2	Anthony Rotich (UTEP)	4th
Oregon	4	Chris O'Hare (Tulsa)	20th
Tulsa	9	Jakub Zivec (Fla. State)	21st
Princeton	10	Matt Johnsen (Lamar)	33rd
Indiana	12	Blake Theroux (Colorado)	39th
Iona	18	Connor Winter (Colorado)	65th
Boise State	19	Parker Stinson (Oregon)	3x All-American
Villanova	23	Eric Jenkins (Oregon)	Transfer from Northeastern, ran 13:18 for 5K last spring, won CAA 800m and 1,500m
Georgetown	24	Mac Fleet (Oregon)	2013 NCAA 1,500m Champion
Stanford	29	Alejandro Arroyo Yamin (Princeton)	58th
Oklahoma	RV
Florida State	RV
Duke	RV
Virginia Tech	RV
Other Teams - Lipscomb, Kansas, Kentucky, Penn State, Purdue, Butler, Liberty, McNeese State, Penn, Yale, Cal Poly, Eastern Michigan, Furman, Lamar, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas Tech, Cornell, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Southern Illinois, Southern Utah, Baylor, Indiana State, Montana State, South Dakota State, UC Davis, Akron, California, Iowa, Utah State, William and Mary, Central Michigan, Loyola Chicago, UTEP, Miami (OH), Wake Forest, Illinois State, Memphis, Cincinnati

Scouting CNU
Saturday's CNU Invitational will include several teams from around the state and region, and provide a valuable competition opportunity for the Tribe's runners who will be providing depth at the CAA Championships.  This is also the final tune-up for Christopher Newport ahead of hosting the Division III regional meet next month.  Slated to compete are athletes from  W&M and CNU, as well as Division I teams North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Norfolk State, and VCU; and Division III squads Johns Hopkins, Lynchburg, York, Washington & Lee, Catholic, UT Tyler, Emory & Henry, Randolph College, Roanoke, and Virginia Wesleyan.