Princeton will welcome 14 schools to run in Saturday’s Gary Coates Cross Country Invitational at Zearing Park on the south side of Princeton.

Joining the Tigers will be Amboy, Dixon, Fieldcrest, Hall, Kewanee, LaSalle-Peru, Lowpoint-Washburn/Roanoke-Benson, Mendota, Mercer County, Monmouth United, Morris, Newman, Orion and Rockridge.

The first race of the day will be for the F/S boys at 9 a.m. running 1.94 miles.

The varsity girls will run at 9:25 a.m. followed by the varsity boys at 10 a.m. on a 3.0-mile course.

There will be an open boys and girls race at 10:30 a.m., running 1.94 miles.

The invitational is named after the former longtime Princeton coach, who passed away at 74 in 2016.

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