The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Cross Country team is in Joplin, Missouri for the NCAA National Championship. The team will be collaborating to share their experience in a daily diary.

Day 1: November 18th

Today we began our journey as a team to Joplin, Missouri to compete at the NCAA Division II National Championship for the first time in school history. It was a day of firsts, some girls have never flown, some girls have never changed time zones, and some girls have never played with pinecones (@Meaghan). We deSPARTed STAC at an early hour but our excitement outweighed our tiredness. Although we may have encountered some airport troubles, we kept a positive and optimistic attitude, the only casualty being a jar of peanut butter.  From La Guardia, we had a lay over in Atlanta, Georgia. According to our Snapchat filter it was 70 degrees, but our delicious meal at Buffalo Wild Wings was the closest we got to making it outside of the airport. From Atlanta, we touched down in Arkansas, from which we drove into Missouri and crashed after a long day of traveling. 

~STAC Women's Cross Country