RRW: BYU Women, NAU Men Take Team Titles at NCAA Cross Country Championships
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(15-Mar) At today’s pandemic-delayed NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the women of Brigham Young and the men of Northern Arizona were decisive winners in the team competition with 96 and 60 points, respectively, while the individual titles went to Mercy Chelangat of Alabama and Connor Mantz of Brigham Young. These championships –held in warm, sunny and windy weather just two days after the completion of the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas– were originally scheduled for November 21, 2020, and had never before been held in the winter. A total of 253 women and 237 men finished today’s races.
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With three straight NCAA cross country titles from 2016-2018, the Northern Arizona men cemented themselves as a dynasty a couple of years ago. But today at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the men from Flagstaff unveiled their Mona Lisa.
On a sunny (59 degrees), windy (18 mph) day on a brutal Oklahoma State course that left would-be rivals and #1-ranked BYU grasping for air, Northern Arizona won its fourth national title in five years with the finest performance in school history. The Lumberjacks, led by true freshman
2020 USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Cross Country All-America
NEW ORLEANS – All-America honors for the 2020 NCAA
Division I Cross Country season were announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Track
& Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Athletes from member institutions earned All-America
recognition by finishing among the top-40 athletes in their gender’s respective
races on Monday at the
2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Team titles went to
Northern Arizona’s men and
BYU’s
women. It was the Lumberjacks’ fourth crown in the past five years, while the
Cougars captured their fifth in program history.
NAU athletes snagged four All-America honors thanks to their
NCAA XC Men’s Preview: NAU Seeks Revenge as BYU Tries to Repeat; Can Anyone Stop Wesley Kiptoo?
First NCAA XC meet in Oklahoma? Check.
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First NCAA XC meet in March? Check.
First NCAA XC meet on live TV (ESPNU) since 2009? Check (TV / Streaming info here).
But the firsts we’re most concerned with here at LetsRun.com are the ones in the results. Who will be the first man and woman across the line? The first team in the results? After a 16-month wait since the last NCAA XC champs, it’s time to hand out some trophies.
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