The Knoxville Cross Country Squad will experience a new event this Saturday as the Panthers head to the Dan Huston Invitational at Wartburg College where the Panthers will see teams not only from Iowa, but Wisconsin, Minnesota and other midwestern states. Knoxville will be in the earlier small school race. While there will still be several elite teams, Boys and Girls Coaches Michael and Mikayla Splavec tell KNIA/KRLS Sports they want both teams to enjoy the chance to run on a unique course.

Michael Splavec: “It’s going to be a great experience to go run against not just teams from Iowa, but Minnesoya, Wisconsin and Illinois. We want them to experience it but we also want them to have good races and get ready to go.”

Mikayla Splavec: “Definitely we want them to have a good experience, but we also want them to run hard and try to get some of the best times of the season.”

Michael Splavec says the course is a net downhill course, meaning the runners start on a higher elevation and finish at a lower elevation. Both of the Coaches Splavec hope for a few PRs on Saturday. Knoxville is scheduled to run at 11:30am.