LOWELL, Mass.—UMass Lowell Cross Country Head Coach Gary Gardner unveiled the program's fall schedule Friday afternoon. The stacked, eight-meet slate kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 3, when the team travels north to Vermont for a dual meet with the Catamounts.
 
"We are pleased with our schedule. We feel it allows our more advanced kids to be challenged, while the others get to develop," said Gardner. "We also get to face nationally ranked teams from multiple regions this season."
 
The River Hawks stay local after opening weekend, taking on the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 17, before traveling to Boston for the Coast-to-Coast Invitational on Friday, Sept. 23. The team then closes out the month of September in the Keystone State when they compete at the 2022 Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh.
 
Ramping up the intensity in October, the team returns to Beantown on Saturday, Oct. 8, for the New England Championships. The River Hawks venture to the Bronx on Friday, Oct. 14, as they focus in on the final stretch and race in the 2022 IC4A/ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.
 
Capping the regular season, the team travels to the CCSU Mini Meet at Stanley Quarter Park on Friday, Oct. 21, before facing the ultimate test and defending the title once again at the 2022 America East Cross Country Championships hosted by UMBC.