CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay State University's cross country teams compete in Trevecca's Pretorius Invitational, Saturday, at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. 

    The women's team will have a couple runners back for their second meet of the year. Shaye Foster returns to run this week, and will run her first meet as a Gov. Ashley Doyle, who was the Govs' top finisher from last week's We Fly Cross Country Challenge hosted by Ball State, will attempt to pace the team and improve on her time of 19:46.5. 

    The men's team will try to build off of a strong first race in Anderson, Indiana. Jackson Fowler, Jacob Schweigart and Lucas Bales all finished within two seconds of one another. The three of them will set the tone and pace for the second race of the season.

    The Pretorius Invitational is named in honor of Michael Pretorius, a Trevecca alumni who passed away July 2022, following a second battle with cancer. The proceeds from this meet will go to Under The Willow, a foundation founded by Amanda Pretorious in his name.

    The Govs are joined by a field of eight eight men's and seven women's programs. Those teams include host Trevecca, fellow Atlantic Sun conference members Central Arkansas, Jacksonville, and Lipscomb, and familiar foes in Belmont and Tennessee State.