FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - For the first time in university history, the PVAMU men's cross country team will compete in postseason play as the Panthers will run at the NCAA South Central Regional on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.

The 10K meet takes place at Agri Park at 1 p.m. as a total of six runners will participate (Darwin Allen, Aaron Austin, Jarrod Ballou, Sorone Batiste, Syeed Hussain, Terence Mitchell) in the 25-team meet. 

At stake is a berth to the Division I Men's Cross Country Championship as a maximum of 31 (five-seven person) teams and 38 individuals per gender.  Eighteen teams automatically qualify to the championships races by finishing as one of the top two teams at any of the nine regional races. The remaining 13 at-large teams are selected by the NCAA Division I Cross Country Subcommittee. Thirty-six individuals automatically qualify to the championships races by being one of the top four regional finishers not on an advancing team. Two additional individuals are selected at-large by the committee.