NW Natural Joins NAIA XC As Event Sponsor
PORTLAND, Ore. – Northwest Natural, the largest independent natural gas utility in the Pacific Northwest, will be one of the event sponsors for the upcoming 2009 NAIA Cross Country National Championships.
The event, co-hosted by Concordia University and the Cascade Collegiate Conference, is sponsored by Nike. The races will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash.
NW Natural is providing all of the tenting at the championship venue.
More than 650 collegiate athletes from across the country will compete in men’s 8K and women’s 5K races at Fort Vancouver, which has served as the competition venue for a number of USA National Cross Country Championships.
The event is free and open to the public.
The men’s race begins at 10:30 a.m. and is followed by the women’s race at 11:45 am.
Fans attending the event are encouraged to park in designated areas along 5th Street (south side of the park) or at Hudson’s Bay High School, which is located within walking distance of the Fort.
The national championships will feature 32 teams plus more than 100 individual competitors in each race.
The championship field will be announced Monday afternoon, Nov. 9 on www.naia.org.
For more information, visit the official championships web site at www.cascadeconference.org.