2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships

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Terre Haute, Indiana
November 19, 2016

Patrick Tiernan Stuns Edward Cheserek as NAU Wins First Crown to Send Coach Eric Heins Out On Top

Patrick Tiernan did the almost unthinkable and beat Edward Cheserek as NAU got its first national title.
November 19, 2016

Upsets Galore- Oregon Women Pull Off Biggest Upset in NCAA History, Missouri's Karissa Schweizer Your Surprise NCAA Champion

Oregon did the unthinkable, win the national championship despite not being ranked in the top 10 coming in.
November 19, 2016

Scandal? Rigged!? LetsRun.com's Jonathan Gault Wins LetsRun.com Running Warehouse XC Prediction Contest

Insiders dominated the RunningWarehouse prediction contest as in addition to Gault's win, a guy coached by Karissa Schweizer's grandfather won as well. Another winner wrote one of the greatest emails we've ever received.
December 26, 2016

After Bloody Fall at NCAA XC Champs, NC State's Eli Moskowitz Is Recovering Well

Who said cross country isn't a contact sport?
November 22, 2016

2016 NCAA Cross Country Athlete Video Interviews

All the videos on one page.
November 19, 2016

Oregon Women and Karissa Schweizer Pull Huge Upsets to Win 2016 NCAA Cross Country Titles

November 19, 2016

With Shoes Firmly Tied, Erin Finn Aspires To Michigan's 1st NCAA XC Title In 18 Years

A year ago in Louisville, Ky., the University of Michigan's Erin Finn was running confidently in the opening minutes of the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships when disaster struck and both her shoes came off. She ran the final 4km barefoot and is back more motivated than ever this year.
November 19, 2016

Results: 2016 NCAA Cross Country Results

November 18, 2016

The Stars Discuss How to Beat Edward Cheserek, Erin Finn Says Bring on the Bad Weather And 5 More Takeaways from Terre Haute

Stanford coach Chris Miltenberg raved about the culture on his 2016 squad, Finn discussed her comeback from a June stress fracture and Villanova's Patrick Tiernan says he's in the best shape of his life even after getting a late start on the season because of the Olympics.
November 18, 2016

The Fans Have Spoken - NCAA Cross Country Predictions from the LRC $200,016 Running Warehouse Contest

November 18, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Women's Individual Preview: Has Erin Finn's Time Finally Come? We Think So

Michigan's Finn will turn 22 years old on Saturday, the same day she could win her first NCAA title. After missing NCAAs in 2014 due to injury and losing both shoes in 2015, will her bad luck at nationals come to an end?
November 17, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Men's Individual Preview: Edward Cheserek Looks To Close Out A Perfect Career at NCAA XC

2016 has already seen Leicester City win the English Premier League, the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA championship and Donald Trump win the presidential election. Could Cheserek be the next favorite to fall?
November 16, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Women's Team Preview: The Unstoppable Colorado Women Will Win The 2016 NCAA Title

Sorry Washington,#3 Providence, #2 NC State and super young and super-talented Stanford, but the Buffs will win it all on Saturday.
November 16, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Men's Team Preview: Can Northern Arizona Send Futsum Zienasellassie and Coach Eric Heins Out on Top?

The men's team race is full of intrigue. Will Syracuse defend or will Colorado reclaim the title? Can NAU get the storybook ending? Could Stanford lose its conference but win NCAAs? And don't forget Arkansas.
November 15, 2016

Dog Battles For Title at NCAA Cross Country West Regionals - Ultimately Ends Up A DNF

Who says there is no drama at the NCAA Cross Country Regionals?
November 11, 2016

2016 NCAA Men's Cross Country Individual Qualifiers + Their PRs

What individuals have qualified for NCAAs in Terre Haute? What are their track Prs? We tell you.
November 11, 2016

2016 NCAA Women's Cross Country Individual Qualifiers + Their PRs

What individuals have qualified for NCAAs in Terre Haute? What are their track Prs? We tell you.
November 11, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Championships Men's Final Projected Qualifiers

The Midshipmen of Navy are going to NCAAs for the first time since 1997 while Middle Tennessee State is going for the 1st time ever.
November 11, 2016

2016 NCAA XC Championships Women's At-Large FINAL Qualifiers

Air Force has made NCAAs for the first time ever as 4 ranked teams were left home - #26 Minnesota, #27 Cal, #27 West Virginia and #29 SMU.
November 11, 2016

2016 Women's NCAA XC Regionals Preview: Which Teams Will Be Dancing in Terre Haute on November 19?

If everything goes according to form, two ranked teams will be left out of the Big Dance.  Will teams like Air Force and Ole Miss make NCAAs for the 1st time ever?
November 10, 2016

Outside Letsrun

2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships Banquet Photos

September 15, 2017

Runner's World Speaks With Oregon's 5th Woman Maggie Schmaedick, Who Beat Out Michigan's Jamie Phelan By A Tenth Of A Second To Win Oregon The Team Title

“Coming down that last straightaway, each body counts and that was definitely true for this race. In that moment I didn’t know she was from Michigan and I didn’t know that the points were as close as they were. In that moment I was doing everything I could just to finish as hard as possible…I didn’t find out until later that my final push mattered as much as it did.”  
November 23, 2016

2016 NCAA Men's Cross Country Photo Gallery

November 20, 2016

2016 NCAA Women's Cross Country Photo Gallery

November 20, 2016

MU's Karissa Schweizer used her big kick to go from 6th to 3rd on the track in the spring

November 20, 2016

RG: Cheserek says his hamstring tightened up when leaders made their move

“I was in decent shape and ready to go, but when those guys made their move, my hamstring got really tight,” Cheserek said. “I couldn’t do anything. I could have dropped out, but I was like ‘You know what, I’m going to finish and do it for my team.’”
November 20, 2016

Register Guard: Oregon women win NCAA cross country championship

November 20, 2016

Stanford men and women hadn't both been top 5 since 2006

November 20, 2016

Syracuse.com: Justyn Knight, Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse cross country team, looks to dethrone the king

November 18, 2016

The Michigan Daily: Erin Finn trying to be 1st Michigan NCAA xc winner in 18 years

Since Katie McGregor won in 1998.
November 18, 2016

RW: 5 Things to Watch at NCAAs

November 18, 2016

Jesse Squire: What The Past Tells Us About Saturday's NCAA Championships

November 18, 2016

Houser of Run podcast about NCAA XC champs

November 18, 2016

Q&A With Syracuse's Justyn Knight Ahead Of NCAAs

Knight acknowledged they didn't have the best start to the season, but feels they proved they're in "good shape" at ACCs.
November 17, 2016

Edward Cheserek will make history if he wins Pac-12 title #4

*MB: Henry Rono and Steve Prefontaine only won 3 Pac-10 xc titles, who beat them?
October 27, 2016

Maurica Powell says Katie Rainsberger has a special mindset

"What makes her different from other kids who’ve had a lot of success in high school is that she’s not really super outcome oriented,”
October 27, 2016

FloTrack's Dennis Young Says NCAA Qualifying System Is "Extremely Stupid"

Likely, Dartmouth and Providence just got an "extremely generous Kolas point" for beating a 6th ranked Arkansas team that was missing three of their top runners.
September 17, 2016

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