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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.
RRW: Indoors Or Cross? NCAA Coaches Make Tough Choices
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(09-Mar) A year ago this Thursday America’s top collegiate track and field teams had gathered in Albuquerque for the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships hosted by the University of New Mexico. There had only been a handful of COVID-19 cases in the United States so far, but the warning signs were there that the first pandemic of the 21st century was about to sweep America. Things unraveled quickly in Albuquerque.
The women’s lead pack at the 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (photo by David Monti for Race Results Weekly)
Olympic overview: Cross country teams sweep WCC championships, men’s volleyball makes history
The BYU cross country teams continued their sustained excellence with first-place finishes at the West Coast Conference championships and several other BYU teams were in action around the country.
Cross country
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams took first place in the WCC championships on Feb. 24. The titles marked a six-year streak for the men’s team and a three-year streak for the women’s team.
The men’s team had a score of 25 in the first-place finish with six Cougars finishing in the top 10.
BYU Sweeps 2020 WCC Cross Country Championships
PROVO For the sixth consecutive season, the top-ranked BYU men s cross country team clinched a West Coast Conference title.
For the third-straight year, the women s team is joining them.
The Cougars dominated the conference s 2020 championship meet pushed to Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic, led by All-American Conner Mantz, who won his second league title with a winning time of 22 minutes, 54.4 seconds to top the men s race held at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
The junior Sky View product led six Cougars in the top 10 with his sixth first-place finish of his college career.