HUNTSVILLE | The 2020 Gulf South Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships are set to run on Saturday morning at the John Hunt Park Cross Country Course as Huntsville hosts the conference meet for the first time since 2016.
 
The men's 8k race will start off the 2020 GSC Championships at 9 a.m. at John Hunt Park, followed by the women's race at 10 a.m. All attendees are required to wear face coverings and should adhere to social distancing at all times.
 
The UAH men's squad enters the conference championships ranked No. 3 nationally, as the team has finished first in each of its four regular season races. In the most recent outing at the UAB Blazer Gold Invite on Oct. 16, UAH boasted five runners with sub-25-minute times for the first time in program history.
 
Last season, the Chargers captured the program's fifth GSC Championship in Montevallo, Alabama, as Jay Day garnered the individual championship with a first-place time of 24:57.04 to lead a total of five All-GSC honorees by UAH.
 
On the women's side, UAH has finished second or higher in back-to-back races to wrap up the 2020 regular season which ended with a second-place standing at the UAB Blazer Classic 6k Open. Kaylee Stewart – a Madison, Alabama, native – led the Chargers in third place in the race with a time of 21:37.46, which is now third in program history.
 
In the 2019 season, the Chargers finished fourth overall amongst 12 competing squads at the GSC Championships. Stewart is the leading returner from the squad last season, as she finished sixth with a time of 19:03.23 for First Team All-GSC honors.
 
The UAH women's team last garnered a GSC championship in 2013, with five conference titles in total in program history.
 
Course maps can be found here for the women's race and here for the men's race. Live results are available here.
 
For the first time in league history, the Gulf South Conference will provide live video coverage of the GSC Cross Country Championships. The live stream will be run by JockJive Sports and will feature a full HD production. There will be a total of six cameras covering the races and a team of three broadcasters to break down all of the action.
 
Longtime GSC broadcaster Don Russell will serve as the lead voice for the meet. Russell first joined the league in 2005 with the creation of the GSC Football Games of the Week, and he continued in that role through the 2019 season. In addition to football, Russell has broadcasted multiple GSC Championships, including basketball, soccer, and softball.
 
A pair of former UAH Chargers, Sean Allan and Blaise Binns, will join Russell for analysis. Allan was a two-time captain for the UAH cross country team. In 2007, Allan and the Chargers won the GSC Championship, finished second at the regional, and advanced to the NCAA Championship. Binns, one of the most accomplished runners in league history, was the GSC Individual Champion twice in his career (2012 and 2013), and he won the 2012 NCAA South Regional Individual Championship. Led by Binns, the Chargers won three straight conference titles from 2011 to 2013. This summer, Binns was named First Team GSC All-Decade.
 
The 2020 GSC Cross Country Championships will stream live on FloTrack and fans may watch the races by purchasing a subscription to FloSports. With either a monthly or annual subscription, viewers will unlock access to premium content, both live and on-demand, across the entire FloSports network. The FloSports app is available for Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Apple TV, the App Store, and Google Play Store.
 
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