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Conner Mantz Ends The American Drought, NAU Men Reassert Themselves As Kings At 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships March 15, 2021 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 ....
In the men’s 10,000-meter race, BYU’s Conner Mantz became the first American man since 2008 to win the individual cross-country title when he crossed the line first in 29:26. No. 2 Northern Arizona won the team championship with 60 points, claiming the program’s fourth victory in five years. 2019 NCAA champions BYU finished seventh overall. No. 9 Notre Dame had a breakthrough performance, putting all five scorers in the top 23 finishers for an 87-point total, which locked them up as the runners-up. Oklahoma State, with home course advantage, placed third with 142 points. The championship, which is usually scheduled for the fall, was postponed as a safety precaution amid the COVID-19 outbreak. ....