When graduate student Rachel McCardell was an underclassman, Northwestern cross country routinely finished in the bottom half of the Big Ten and the Midwest Region. Qualifying for NCAA Division I National Championships seemed like a far-off dream, she said. But that changed when Jill Miller became head coach in 2019, setting the Wildcats on a.
Time to lace up the spikes and the dancing shoes. No. 30 Northwestern is going to the big dance for the first time since 2002. The Wildcats placed second at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, automatically qualifying for the Nov. 19 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Graduate student Rachel McCardell.
As Northwestern nears the Big Ten Championships on Friday, the No. 29 Wildcats, one of five Big Ten teams ranked inside the top 30, will be looking to carry momentum from their Bradley Pink Classic victory two weeks ago. The six-kilometer race, slated to begin at 9:45 a.m., stretches across the University of Michigan Golf.