Olympic overview: BYU track and cross country teams take home national championships
The BYU track and cross country teams had a heyday at NCAA nationals, taking first place as a team in the women’s distance medley relay and women’s cross country, as well as individually in men’s cross country.
Cross Country
The BYU women’s cross country team won the NCAA National Championship on March 15, the Cougars’ fifth team national title in program history. The team competed at the OSU Course in Stillwater, Oklahoma, finishing with 96 overall points.
BYU had seven runners competing, five of which finished in the top 40. Senior Anna Camp-Bennet led the way for the Cougars, finishing the 6K course in just 20:28.3, 11th place overall. Junior Aubrey Frentheway and senior Whittni Orton were not far behind her, finishing 15th and 17th respectively.
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.