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Weekend Recap: 2024 NCAA DII Cross Country Regional Championships
Welcome to Regional Championships Saturday!
We’re about to find out which teams earn automatic bids – and those who must rely on at-large berths – to the upcoming 2024 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 23, at the Arcade Creek Cross Country Course in Sacramento, California.
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We’ll keep track of which teams earned automatic bids to the Golden State.
NCAA DII Cross Country Automatic Team Qualifiers |
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Region
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Men’s AQs
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Women’s AQs
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Atlantic
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No. 24 Davis and Elkins
Shippensburg
Charleston (W.V.)
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Davis and Elkins
Slippery Rock
East Stroudsburg
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Central
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No. 10 East Central (Okla.)
No. 12 Northwest Missouri
No. 22 Pittsburg State
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No. 8 Augustana (S.D.)
No. 12 Pittsburg State
No. 18 U-Mary
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East
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Southern Connecticut
Roberts Wesleyan
Bentley
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Roberts Wesleyan
Southern Connecticut
Daemen
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Midwest
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No. 4 Grand Valley State
No. 11 Lewis
No. 26 Michigan Tech
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No. 2 Grand Valley State
No. 5 Lewis
Cedarville
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South
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No. 8 Lee (Tenn.)
No. 14 Alabama-Huntsville
Mississippi College
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No. 10 Lee (Tenn.)
Tampa
No. 30 Nova Southeastern
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South Central
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No. 2 Colorado School of Mines
No. 5 Adams State No. 3 West Texas A&M |
No. 1 Adams State
No. 4 Colorado School of Mines No. 9 UC Colorado Springs |
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Southeast
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No. 1 Wingate
No. 17 Augusta
No. 27 Anderson (S.C.)
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No. 7 Wingate
RV Flagler
No. 28 Catawba
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West
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No. 6 Chico State
No. 9 Western Washington
No. 19 Biola (Calif.)
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No. 13 Chico State
No. 14 Western Washington
No. 16 Biola (Calif.)
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South Central Region
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Men’s 10k Championship
It lived up to the hype.
How could it not with all of those ranked teams?
No. 2 Colorado School of Mines packed its entire scoring lineup in the top-15 to win its sixth consecutive regional title. The Orediggers, led by a 4-5-6 finish by Jeremiah Vaille, Paul Knight and Logan Bocovich, tallied 40 points, 19 fewer than No. 5 Adams State.
Romain Legendre’s individual title in 30:53.6 led the Grizzlies to a runner-up team finish ahead of No. 3 West Texas A&M, which only edged fourth-place No. 7 Western Colorado by one point, 105-106. As it turns out, the Buffs needed every point they could muster and William Amponsah gave them two with his individual runner-up finish behind Legendre.
No. 15 CSU Pueblo rounded out the top-5 teams.
Women’s 6k Championship
Tristian Spence and her Adams State teammates aren’t slowing down.
Spence collected the individual title in 21:18.6 and the top-ranked Grizzlies rolled to their 12th consecutive regional crown with 37 points. All told, Adams State put its entire scoring lineup in the top-15 with four in the top-10.
A plethora of ranked teams battled for two more automatic qualifying spots behind the Grizzlies – and ultimately those went to No. 4 Colorado School of Mines and No. 9 UC Colorado Springs. The Orediggers amassed 75 points to finish a clear runner-up with the Mountain Lions 45 points off that pace.
No. 11 Western Colorado and No. 6 West Texas A&M rounded out the top-5.
West Region
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Men’s 10k Championship
Two national top-10 programs. One team title. The stakes were high.
And Chico State and Western Washington delivered as promised.
The sixth-ranked Wildcats claimed the regional title with 40 points, while also capturing the individual title thanks to sophomore Mario Giannini’s convincing win over the 10k course. Taking the lead at 7.6k and not looking back, Giannini covered the 10k course in 30:25. Behind Giannini, Chico State’s other four scorers went 4-9-12-14.
Ryan Clough’s runner-up individual finish paced the ninth-ranked Vikings to their runner-up team finish with 54 points. Clough wasn’t the only WWU athlete in the top-10, as seniors Jeret Gillingham and Kevin McDermott placed seventh and tenth. The Vikings had runners in 17th and 18th to round out their top-5.
No. 19 Biola (Calif.) seized the region’s final automatic qualifying spot ahead of No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona and No. 18 Azusa Pacific.
Women’s 6k Championship
Chico State took care of the team title.
Rosie Fordham of Alaska Fairbanks did so individually.
The 13th-ranked Wildcats were able to put two runners in the top-10 – and the rest in the top-35 – to take home the regional title with 104 points. Twins Della and Iresh Molina were the top finishers for Chico State, navigating the 6k course in times of 20:31 and 20:34, respectively. The rest of the Wildcats’ top-5 went 28-33-34 to have all runners finish in the top-35.
No. 14 Western Washington also delivered. The Vikings, led by junior Ashley Reeck in 12th place, posted a runner-up score of 115 points. Notably, WWU only had a 35-second spread between its top-5 runners.
No. 16 Biola (Calif.) claimed the region’s final automatic qualifying spot, while No. 21 Alaska Fairbanks and No. 22 Stanislaus State rounded out the top-5 teams. The Nanooks had a strong 1-2 punch at the top of their lineup with Fordham taking top individual honors in 19:52, 14 seconds ahead of teammate Kendall Kramer in second in 20:06.