First Annual Charlotte Invitational Runs onto Campus

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Junior Aja Jackson and the 49ers will host the Charlotte Invitational Friday, Sept. 21.

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Aug. 16, 2007

Charlotte - The Charlotte 49ers men's and women's cross country teams will be running a familiar course Friday, Sept. 21 when the UNC Charlotte campus hosts the First Annual Charlotte Invitational. The event, originally scheduled to be held at Reedy Creek Park, will be the first intercollegiate meet held on University property in the last 25 years.

"We are thrilled to bring this to campus," head coach Brad Herbster said. "It is a wonderful opportunity to show off campus and what we feel is a great cross country course for the athletes and spectators."

The meet will feature participants from both University and high school teams, with Charlotte, Davidson, South Carolina, Wingate and USC-Upstate currently slated to compete. Runners will begin and end the race, which will tour participants on a 5,000- or 8,000-meter course, at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Center.

Both the men's and women's cross country teams hit the trail at the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. on Friday, August 31.