Junior Rachel Weathered placed 11th in a field of 77 runners and Northwestern walked away with a third-place showing in Friday's Illini Open hosted by the University of Illinois.

Northwestern Cross Country will line up one final time before heading to next week's Big Ten Championships, heading to the University of Illinois Friday for the 2014 Illini Open.

Northwestern sophomore Jena Pianin cut more than 30 seconds off her previous-best 6K time to lead the Wildcats at Saturday morning's Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute.

Just as they will for the NCAA Championships six weeks from now, the eyes of the collegiate cross country world will focus squarely on Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday for the NCAA Pre-Nationals event.

Northwestern junior Rachel Weathered paced the Wildcats lineup in Saturday morning's Lucian Rosa Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Head coach April Likhite's Northwestern Wildcats are back in action Saturday morning at the 28th annual Lucian Rosa Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.