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Varsity - November 14, 2013

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INSIDE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY BY AJ HARRISON @BADGER_TRACK SCHEDULE COMING UP Nov. 15 Great Lakes Noon Regional Nov. 23 NCAA Championship Badgers back at home for Great Lakes Regional No. 19 UW looks to keep its title streak alive lthough one streak might be over for the Wisconsin men's cross country program ― the Badgers saw their Big Ten winning streak draw to a close earlier this month ― UW looks to extend its NCAA Great Lakes Regional win streak to 12 straight on Friday at the Zimmer Championship Course. The men's 10-kilometer A 66 // VARSITY November 14, 2013 race is set to start at noon. The Badgers have been stellar in regional competition, winning 28 of a possible 41 titles since the format began in 1971. UW enters the meet having won the past 11 Great Lakes titles, including last year's meet in Madison. UW head coach Mick Byrne believes this week's meet will be a great opportunity for 11 a.m. the team to rebound after its third-place showing at the Big Ten meet. "The great thing about our sport is we get to do it again and get that opportunity to take on Indiana and Michigan, and certainly some other great teams in the region like Notre Dame," Byrne said. Byrne also believes having some familiarity with running against Indiana and Michigan, the two teams that finished ahead of Wisconsin at the Big Ten championship, will aid the Badgers on their home course. "They know them a little bit better," Byrne said. "They know what those guys are capable of doing. I think the guys have learned an awful lot from it (Big Tens)." Wisconsin looks for different result in Friday's race, but the team won't change a strategy that has helped UW dominate the meet over the past decade. "Some tactics will come into play, but there will be I don't like playing the tactics game," Byrne said. "We haven't done that in the last 11 years at this meet, and we've won it." The top two teams from the region automaticaly qualify for the 2013 NCAA Championship on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. A third- or fourth-place finish would put UW in consideration for an at-large berth to the NCAA meet, which Wisconsin has qualified for in a record 41 straight years. "I'd rather be an automatic qualifier than to have to wait for that phone call on Saturday evening," Byrne said.

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