2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Terre Haute, Indiana
November 22, 2014
Results
Eight Takes From The Men's Race - 2014 NCAA Cross-Country Championships
We break down Colorado's repeat and compare them to the 2001 CU, 2003 Stanford and 2005 Wisconsin NCAA all-time great championship teams.We look at the Oregon 1-2 punch, Stanford's improvement, and how tough it is for true frosh.
November 22, 2014
Edward Cheserek And Colorado Both Repeat As NCAA Cross-Country Champions
Oregon's Edward Cheserek repeated and was followed by his teammate Eric Jenkins, but they were no match for Mark Wetmore's Colorado Buffaloes, who repeated as NCAA champs. Recap and results.
November 22, 2014
Kate Avery, Michigan State Run Away With 2014 NCAA Women's Cross Country Titles
Kate Avery of Iona was clearly best and so were Walt Dretnth's Michigan State women at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Race Results Weekly recap with results.
November 22, 2014
Futsum Is Tired of Losing, The Pac-12 Is Dominant and Really Early 2015 Projections: 7 Final Thoughts on NCAA XC
November 24, 2014
Who Over/Underachieved at the 2014 NCAA XC Championships?
November 24, 2014
8 Thoughts On The Women's NCAA XC Championships: Michigan State And Walt Drenth Get It Done
We give Walt Drenth, Michigan State and Kate Avery the praise they deserve, plus talk Sarah Disanza, Emma Bates, Providence, and freshmen.
November 22, 2014
Video: Iowa State's Andrea Grove-McDonough and Arizona State's Shelby Houlihan - 2014 NCAAs
November 22, 2014
Video: Michigan State's Walt Drenth, Leah O'Connor, and Team Celebration after Winning 2014 NCAAs
November 22, 2014
Video: Portland's Rob Conner, NAU's Futsum Zienasellassie, and Indiana State's John Mascari
November 22, 2014
2014 NCAA Women's Cross Country Results - Michigan State and Kate Avery Get Crowns
November 22, 2014
Live Coverage 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships
November 22, 2014
Live Streaming Info for 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships
November 21, 2014
Michigan State Not Feeling The Pressure, Emma Bates Is Happy With Her Season, Pre-Race Parties Are Good and Bad, 10 Takeaways from the Women’s Press Conference
4 leading ladies and coaches shared their wisdom.
November 21, 2014
The Coaches Praise Colorado, Futsum Prays for Rain and Chris Fox Explains Syracuse's Rise: Six Takeaways from the Men's Press Conference
With the race mere hours away, we pass on what we learned this afternoon.
November 21, 2014
Outside Letsrun
British Q&A With Kate Avery About Her NCAA Win And Trying To Make UK Team For Worlds This Summer
November 28, 2014
Sportsmanship At NCAAs As Teammate And Opponent Help Baylor Runner Finish
The runner who received aid was DQd, thankfully the other two were not. *MB: Collapsing at the 6km XC finish? A new thing? Theatrics or real exhaustion?November 25, 2014
List And Analysis Of 2014 DI XC All-Americans
Colorado and Stanford men had the most All-Americans with five each while Michigan State women had four. Pac-12 men and Big Ten women were the most dominant conferences.November 25, 2014
Stanford's Elise Cranny "pretty disappointed" with her 12th place showing
She was the top frosh and one of just 3 frosh All-Americans.November 23, 2014
Denver Post's Excellent Recap of Colorado men's cross country win
John Mayer was the only journalist from a majorr our of state paper in Terre Haute.November 23, 2014
2014 NCAA Cross Country Banquet Photos
November 23, 2014
2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships Women's Race Photos
November 23, 2014
2014 NCAA Cross Country All-American Photos
November 23, 2014
2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships Men's Race Photos
November 23, 2014
Good Read: Mark Wetmore: “This is probably our best team ever."
“It’s is hard to be the favorites, it’s so hard to have the attention. It’s so hard for nine or ten 21-year-old men to keep their egos in check and they really did it. They were talking each other up the whole time. I think any one of would have sacrificed his day to have a bad day if it would have meant six good days for his teammates. So, that’s the biggest feeling I have. Pride, not for me but pride for them.”November 23, 2014
Edward Cheserek Joins Steve Prefontaine As Only Oregon Ducks To Win Back-To-Back XC Titles
November 23, 2014
Goucher, Ritz, Torres rave about this year's CU team
November 21, 2014
ISU's John Mascari hoping the 'Terre Haute magic' will make him a contender at home
Mascari, who ran up to 140 mpw, is pumped. "I’m going to go into the race like every other individual and try to win...I’m just going to go out with the top five, 10 and try to hold on."November 21, 2014
NAU's Futsum Zienasellassie Looks To Improve On His 2013 4th Place Finish As He Return To Terre Haute Where He Was A HS Star
His coach says Futsum isn't really someone who enjoys running and comes into season out of shape, but this year put in a lot of summer miles (85/week at altitude) and came in very fit.November 21, 2014
Mississippi State's Welsh Runner Rhianwedd Price Hoping She And Her Red Socker Socks Are Near The Front At NCAAs
She was 3rd at the South Regional meet.November 21, 2014
Oregon's #1 Frida Berge is competing in her first ever season of xc
From a tiny town of 500 in Norway, she got interested in the Ducks after seeing Galen Rupp in an Oregon gear at a DL meet in 2012.
November 20, 2014
2002 NCAA Champion Jorge Torres Shares The Secret Of How To Win At XC Champs
Torres says winning NCAAs was something he dreamed about since high school: “I remember [Bob Kennedy] winning the NCAA [cross country] championship, and to me that was like winning the Olympic gold. The seed was planted early.”November 19, 2014
Michigan State Sophomore Sherod Hardt Helped Team Qualify For NCAAs With One Shoe
He lost it at the starting line and said, “I realized right away, as soon as my foot touched that cold ground, that it was going to be a long race." Thankfully he wore socks.November 19, 2014
On The Boards
- Can we get NCAAs out of Indiana?
- Barefoot runners in NCAA Championship?
- First ever sit-and-kick NCAA XC: at 8k, 40 runners within 5 secs of the leader
- How did Michigan State beat the women's race and beat teams like Georgetown, Oregon, Colorado, Stanford, etc.?!?!
- Can Cheserek and Jenkins go 1-2 at Nationals?
- Ches JOGS to victory
- Portland in 3rd! Over NAU, Syracuse and Oregon
- Official NCAA 2014 XC Championships Thread
- It's really weird that D1 NCAAs is tomorrow
- Pat Tiernan is the only runner that could beat Ches
Photos
Analysis
Event Recaps
- Eight Takes From The Men's Race - 2014 NCAA Cross-Country Championships
- Edward Cheserek And Colorado Both Repeat As NCAA Cross-Country Champions
- Kate Avery, Michigan State Run Away With 2014 NCAA Women's Cross Country Titles
- How Low Can Colorado Go, Michigan State Makes A Statement, Syracuse's Podium Chances And A Wild Women's Individual Race
- Instant Analysis of Men’s Race at 2014 adidas Wisconsin: Syracuse Puts on A Clinic and Arrives On The National Stage
Interviews
Event Previews
- Michigan State Not Feeling The Pressure, Emma Bates Is Happy With Her Season, Pre-Race Parties Are Good and Bad, 10 Takeaways from the Women’s Press Conference
- The Coaches Praise Colorado, Futsum Prays for Rain and Chris Fox Explains Syracuse's Rise: Six Takeaways from the Men's Press Conference
- 2014 NCAA XC Men's Preview: Mark Wetmore & Colorado Go for the Program's First Repeat
- Who Gets In If We Use The Butler Projections Instead Of The Rankings?
- NCAA Regionals, Women's Preview: Who's Going To NCAAs?
- 2014 NCAA Regionals Men's Cross-Country Preview: Who's On Track To Qualify For The Big Dance?
- Who's In? Who's Out? 2014 NCAA Regional Projections Assuming Everything Goes According To Form
- 2014 Ivy League Heps Men's Cross Country Preview: The Most Wide-Open Race in A Long, Long Time Should Be Exciting
- 2014 adidas Wisconsin Preview: An Incredible 19 Ranked Men's Teams And 22 Ranked Women's Teams Are Ready To Battle
- 2014 Pre-Nats Preview: Are You Ready For #1 Colorado Vs. #2 Oregon And #1 Michigan Women Vs. #3 Oregon And #4 Georgetown?