Georgetown College men's and women's cross country team set a new challenge from themselves this past weekend.

"We see a lot of the same teams and so when Betsy (Laski) and I were forming the schedule we thought it was time to expand our runners' experiences," said Tiger men's coach Todd McDaniel. "The Big River Running Early Bird meet really gave us a chance to see new NAIA schools as well as NCAA schools."

And they got a chance to see Georgetown. The Tigers face stiff competition inside their own conference with Shawnee State, currently ranked seventh nationally, and University of the Cumberlands (23rd). But, it is raters outside the conference that never get a chance to really gauge how strong Georgetown is.