Saluki cross country and track student-athlete Eileen Schweiss was named this year's Lincoln Academy student laureate last Friday, Nov. 22.

Saluki cross country concluded its monumental 2013 season on Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional at Iowa State, where the Saluki women finished a program-high fourth place and the Saluki men finished 11th out of 29 teams.

Saluki cross country, hot off its sweep of the Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championships on Nov. 2, will look to make a splash on the national scene on Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional hosted by Iowa State.

Saluki cross country earned seven Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete honors after sweeping both the men's and women's MVC Championships last weekend, the conference announced Tuesday.

Saluki cross country will come back to Carbondale with two Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship trophies after sweeping the MVC Championships at Drake University on Saturday.

Saluki men's and women's cross country travels to Drake University on Saturday for the Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championships.

Both the Saluki men's and women's cross country teams have high expectations heading to the Missouri Valley Conference Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday.

The Southern Illinois University men's cross country team has been picked to win the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Championship while the women have been chosen to finish third in the coaches pre-championship poll.

Saluki cross country competed among the best competition in the country at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational on Saturday, where the men finished 16th out of 52 schools and the women finished 27th out of 49 teams.

Saluki cross country will make the trek to Indiana State for its Pre-National Invitational on Saturday, a final tuneup for SIU before the Missouri Valley Conference championship on Nov. 2.