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2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships

2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships

November 23, 2019

2019 NCAA Men's XC Champs: #3 BYU Shocks #1 NAU To Win 1st Title, Iowa State's Edwin Kurgat Delivers As Favorite

Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State came through as the individual favorite but there was a big upset in the team race as BYU won its 1st-ever title.
November 22, 2019

Mark Wetmore Shares His Thoughts on Alberto Salazar, Mary Cain, and Dr. Jeffrey Brown

Wetmore called for a lifetime ban for Brown and revealed how he keeps a healthy environment for his women at Colorado. "Our system is not created by men for men. I try to be polite and stay out of the way."
November 22, 2019

Fueled & Strengthened by Past Failures, Taylor Werner & a Senior-Heavy Arkansas Team Are Ready for Their NCAA XC Moment

Can Werner, who has finished 104th and 81st at the last two NCAAs, lead Arkansas to their first-ever NCAA xc women's title?
November 22, 2019

NAU's Starting Lineup Revealed; Coach Mike Smith Praises Lumberjacks' Team-Focused Attitude

NAU is so good that coach Mike Smith had a tough choice to make in figuring out what 7 runners should run NCAAs. We exclusively tell you who made the cut here. "They don't just have four or five very good runners. They seem to have 10," said Mark Wetmore,
November 21, 2019

2019 NCAA XC Women's Team Preview: Arkansas Tries to Erase NCAA XC Demons, Chases 2019 Sweep & First XC Title

The Arkansas women are looking to complete the calendar-year triple crown but they have never won an NCAA xc crown and they've underperformed at 8 straight NCAAs. That being said, they have been utterly dominant this year and just perfect-scored their regional.
November 20, 2019

2019 NCAA XC Men's Team Preview: New Faces, Same Old NAU; Can Colorado Channel the Spirit of '04 and Pull the Upset?

#1 NAU seems poised to become just the third men's team to win 4-straight NCAA XC titles but #2 Colorado has a good team and #4 Stanford has 5 sub-13:50 guys. Can someone pull off a big upset?
November 20, 2019

NCAA XC Women's Individual Preview: Alicia Monson vs. Weini Kelati Is a Duel for the Ages

In their last 8 races, each has won four times. Both are better than ever but only one will win on Saturday.
November 19, 2019

NCAA XC Men's Individual Preview: Can the American Drought Finally End, or Will Favored Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State Complete Perfect Season?

Galen Rupp was the last American man to win an NCAA xc title in 2008. Conner Mantz, Joe Klecker, and Thomas Ratcliffe hope that changes on Saturday.