Eastern Illinois cross country will return to action this Friday evening competing in the Country Financial Illinois State Invitational. The meet will include teams from host Illinois State, DePaul, Illinois-Chicago, Loyola-Chicago, Iowa, Wisconsin and SIU Edwardsville. Northern Illinois will compete with a women's only team while Division III power North Central will compete with its men's team. The meet will start at 5 pm on the Weibring Golf Course in Normal.