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2021 NCAA Indoor Preview: How Many Events Will Oregon Win, Which Stars Will Emerge, And More
Are you ready for March Madness?
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No, not the basketball tournament. I’m talking about running, and the craziest weekend of NCAA action the sport has ever seen. Friday and Saturday, we’ve got the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. And after waiting 16 months for an NCAA Championships, how long do we have to wait for the next one? One day. That’s right the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday in Stillwater, Okla.
The proximity of the two meets has, predictably, led to chaos. Some schools (NAU, Stanford) are going all-in on cross country. Some schools are going all-in on track (Oregon, Texas). And some schools (Arkansas, NC State), are trying to do both.
BYU Upsets #1 NAU as Conner Mantz Wins, Nico Young Impresses, & BYU Sweeps Team Titles at Silver State Challenge in Vegas
February 1, 2021
Believe it or not, we’re exactly six weeks away from the NCAA Cross Country Championships. If this were a normal cross country season, it would be October 10 right now a week before the Wisconsin/Pre-Nats Invites.
Things are starting to get serious. On Saturday, the Wisconsin men and Michigan State women won the Big 10 XC championships. And today, we saw a clash of college XC’s men’s superpowers as #2 BYU took down #1 NAU (and #4 Notre Dame), 49-54, to win the Silver State Collegiate Challenge in Las Vegas. Individually, last year’s NCAA 3rd-placer