Saturday, November 23
Madison, WI
7:20 AM
University of Washington
at
NCAA Championships
Huskies Ready For NCAA Championships Challenge
November 21, 2024 | Cross Country
2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Saturday, Nov. 23
Madison, Wisc. | Thomas Zimmer Championship Course
Live on ESPNU | Live Results
Women's 6k: 7:20 a.m. PT
Men's 10k: 8:10 a.m. PT
SEATTLE – The NCAA Championships are this Saturday as Washington Cross Country returns to its home away from home, the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisconsin. Ready to run the course for the third time this fall, Saturday will be the one that settles the score for 2024.
Both the Husky men's and women's teams have made it to NCAAs, the seventh time in the past eight years that both squads are among the final 31 teams standing on the NCAA starting line. Washington is one of just sixteen programs to qualify both teams.
The meet will be broadcast and streamed on ESPNU/ESPN+ starting early Saturday morning for fans in Seattle. The women's 6,000-meter race goes off at 7:20 a.m. Pacific, then the men's 10,000-meters starts at 8:10 a.m. PT.
The UW women come into the meet ranked No. 6 nationally, and have two excellent runs over the Zimmer course to draw confidence from. The women won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational to start the season at the end of September, then finished second at Pre-Nationals in mid-October. The women then took second-place at the first Big Ten Championships and third at NCAA West Regionals last weekend to reach nationals for the 18th year in a row.
The women have finished in the top-25 in all previous 17 appearances in this current streak. During Head Coach Maurica Powell's previous six NCAA appearances leading the Dawgs, they have finished 17th or better every time, with top-10 finishes last season (8th) and in 2018 (9th).
The top-five scorers for the women at NCAAs last year are all back again on Saturday. Last year, Chloe Foerster led the team in 47th-place, followed by Sophie O'Sullivan (56th), Julia David-Smith (58th), Ella Borsheim (119th), and India Weir (140th). They'll be joined by Maeve Stiles who has led the Dawgs twice this season, at the Wisconsin Invite and West Regionals, and also Amina Maatoug, who has earned All-America honors in the past at NCAA XC.
The 12th-ranked men's team is coming off its first West Regional team title since 2015, and just its second in program history, returning to NCAAs for the sixth time in seven years after just missing the cut last year. The men opened very strong this year with a fifth-place finish at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite. They rested most of their top runners at Pre-Nationals, but then were full go again at Big Tens, placing second in a close battle with Wisconsin and Oregon. The Dawgs then edged out Oregon by two points and upset a top-10 Stanford team to take the Regional title.
In five previous NCAA runs for the men under Head Coach Andy Powell, the men have placed better than 25th each year, with a best of sixth in 2018. The team was 14th in its most recent run two years ago, but only Leo Daschbach remains in the Husky NCAA lineup this year from that 2022 race.
Nathan Green has led the Huskies at the two championship meets, placing third at Big Tens and seventh at Regionals. The men had a spread of just 21 seconds 1-5 at Regionals, with Evan Jenkins, Tyrone Gorze, Daschbach, and Jamar Distel all finishing top-25 and earning All-West Region honors. Ronan McMahon-Staggs has had a very consistent fall for the Dawgs and led the team at Pre-Nationals. Freshman Nathan Neil and senior Rhys Hammond will also be available to join the fray on Saturday.
UW's most recent All-Americans in cross country were Brian Fay on the men's side, who was 13th in 2022 and 38th in 2021, and Allie Schadler on the women's side, who was 25th in 2021 and 26th in 2020. Top-40 on Saturday earns All-America distinction.
Saturday, Nov. 23
Madison, Wisc. | Thomas Zimmer Championship Course
Live on ESPNU | Live Results
Women's 6k: 7:20 a.m. PT
Men's 10k: 8:10 a.m. PT
SEATTLE – The NCAA Championships are this Saturday as Washington Cross Country returns to its home away from home, the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisconsin. Ready to run the course for the third time this fall, Saturday will be the one that settles the score for 2024.
Both the Husky men's and women's teams have made it to NCAAs, the seventh time in the past eight years that both squads are among the final 31 teams standing on the NCAA starting line. Washington is one of just sixteen programs to qualify both teams.
The meet will be broadcast and streamed on ESPNU/ESPN+ starting early Saturday morning for fans in Seattle. The women's 6,000-meter race goes off at 7:20 a.m. Pacific, then the men's 10,000-meters starts at 8:10 a.m. PT.
The UW women come into the meet ranked No. 6 nationally, and have two excellent runs over the Zimmer course to draw confidence from. The women won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational to start the season at the end of September, then finished second at Pre-Nationals in mid-October. The women then took second-place at the first Big Ten Championships and third at NCAA West Regionals last weekend to reach nationals for the 18th year in a row.
The women have finished in the top-25 in all previous 17 appearances in this current streak. During Head Coach Maurica Powell's previous six NCAA appearances leading the Dawgs, they have finished 17th or better every time, with top-10 finishes last season (8th) and in 2018 (9th).
The top-five scorers for the women at NCAAs last year are all back again on Saturday. Last year, Chloe Foerster led the team in 47th-place, followed by Sophie O'Sullivan (56th), Julia David-Smith (58th), Ella Borsheim (119th), and India Weir (140th). They'll be joined by Maeve Stiles who has led the Dawgs twice this season, at the Wisconsin Invite and West Regionals, and also Amina Maatoug, who has earned All-America honors in the past at NCAA XC.
The 12th-ranked men's team is coming off its first West Regional team title since 2015, and just its second in program history, returning to NCAAs for the sixth time in seven years after just missing the cut last year. The men opened very strong this year with a fifth-place finish at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite. They rested most of their top runners at Pre-Nationals, but then were full go again at Big Tens, placing second in a close battle with Wisconsin and Oregon. The Dawgs then edged out Oregon by two points and upset a top-10 Stanford team to take the Regional title.
In five previous NCAA runs for the men under Head Coach Andy Powell, the men have placed better than 25th each year, with a best of sixth in 2018. The team was 14th in its most recent run two years ago, but only Leo Daschbach remains in the Husky NCAA lineup this year from that 2022 race.
Nathan Green has led the Huskies at the two championship meets, placing third at Big Tens and seventh at Regionals. The men had a spread of just 21 seconds 1-5 at Regionals, with Evan Jenkins, Tyrone Gorze, Daschbach, and Jamar Distel all finishing top-25 and earning All-West Region honors. Ronan McMahon-Staggs has had a very consistent fall for the Dawgs and led the team at Pre-Nationals. Freshman Nathan Neil and senior Rhys Hammond will also be available to join the fray on Saturday.
UW's most recent All-Americans in cross country were Brian Fay on the men's side, who was 13th in 2022 and 38th in 2021, and Allie Schadler on the women's side, who was 25th in 2021 and 26th in 2020. Top-40 on Saturday earns All-America distinction.
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