3 UW alums, current Husky Chloe Thomas & Zag alum Yacine Guermali set to run at world XC Saturday...

There will be a significant presence of Washington athletes running in Saturday's World Athletics Cross Country Championships, contested on US soil for the third time in the meet's history, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida.

Action gets underway at Apalachee Regional Park at 9:45 am local time/6:45 am Pacific with the mixed 4 x 2k relay, followed by the women's under-20 6k race at 10:20/7:20.

The men's U20 8k race goes at 10:55 am/7:55 am, followed by the women's senior 10k race at 11:35 am/8:35 am, capped off by the senior men's 10k race at 12:20 pm/9:20 am.

Washington alum India Weir runs in the mixed 4 x 2k relay as part of the Great Britain squad, as she competes on her first British senior cross country team.

In the women's 10k race, current Husky Chloe Thomas, who was second at the Canadian cross country championships and recent Washington alum Amina Maatoug (photo courtesy Dutch Athletics Federation) who was the first Dutch runner across the line at the Warandecross in Tilburg last month, are both in the field.

Gonzaga alum Yacine Guermali will make history when he runs in the men's 10k race as the first Zag to compete at the world cross country championships. It's believed that he's also the first runner from the Philippines to compete in the meet.

He'll be in a field that includes Irish national champion and Washington alum Brian Fay.

Peacock ($) will show the mixed 4 x 2k relay starting at 9:35 am ET/6:35 am PT. CNBC , Peacock and the NBC Sports app will have joint coverage of the remaining portion of the meet starting at 10 am ET/7 am PT.

The World Athletics world cross country championships home page, preview, and the link to live results is available here.

NOTE: World Athletics contributed to this report.

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