PORTSMOUTH – Women's cross country heads to the NAIA Championship this weekend in contention for the program's best-ever finish at the national meet. The Bears enter the meet as the No. 15 team in the country, matching the highest ranking they have ever held. The national meet will take place on Saturday, November 23 at Rim Rock Farm. This is the same course that the Bears competed on during the NAIA Preview Meet. The women's race will start at 12:45 p.m. in east, 11:45 a.m. in the central time zone where the race is being run.