TROY, N.Y. - Coming off Liberty League titles and NCAA Championship appearances, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's and women's cross country teams begin the 2023 season on September 16 when they host the inaugural RPI Harvest Classic at Pitney Meadow Community Farm in Saratoga Springs. Both squads, which are coached by John Lynch, then go on to race five more times during the regular season in their efforts to return to nationals.

Highlights/notables of each schedules include:

• RPI Harvest Classic on September 16
  • Men at 10am and women at 11am
  • Pitney Meadow Community Farm in Saratoga Springs
    • Multi-divisional
• Fred Pavlich Invitational on September 23
  • Hosted by Bard 
  • Men at 10am and women at 11am
    • RPI's first appearance since 2019
• Trip to Pennsylvania for Pre-National Invitational on October 7
  • Hosted by Dickinson at Big Red Spring High School
  • Men at 11am and women at 12pm
• Highly-competitive Mike Woods Invitational on October 14
  • Hosted by Geneseo at National Warplane Museum
  • Men at 11am and women at 12pm
    • RPI's first appearances since 2015
• Liberty League Championships on October 28
  • Hosted by Hobart and William Smith at Seneca Lake State Park Cross Country Course
  • Men at 11am and women at 12pm
    • Men have won six straight titles
    • Women have won two of last three championships (2022, 2019)
• NCAA Mideast Championships on November 11
  • Hosted by Westfield State at Stanley Park
    • Engineers ran at Stanley Park in 2022
      • James Earley Invitational
  • Men at 11am and women at 12pm
    • Men were second of 23 schools in 2022
    • Women were third of 21 schools in 2022