Husky Squads Earn Top-20 NCAA Finishes

Saturday, November 23

Madison, WI

7:20 AM

University of Washington

NCAA Championships

November 23, 2024 | Cross Country

Men's Results PDF Women's Results PDF

By: UW Athletic Communications

MADISON, Wisc. – The Washington women's cross country team placed 13^th at the NCAA Championships this morning, and about an hour later the men's cross country team ran to a 16^th-place finish at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course. It's the fifth time in the past six years that both Husky teams placed Top-20 at nationals.

The women's team was sitting in 15^th-place at every 1,000-meter split in the race until climbing up two spots over the final 1k to finish 13^th with 364 points. Maeve Stiles, the transfer from Penn, led the Dawgs with a 59^th-place finish in a time of 20-minutes, 18-seconds for the 6,000-meter course.

Julia David-Smith was the second Dawg to cross, placing 73^rd in 20:25. Amina Maatoug was just 225^th at the first 1k split but moved up 52 spots over the next kilometer, then continued to climb by at least 18 places every split thereafter to finish 98^th overall. India Weir had her best NCAA finish, placing 113^th overall, and Sophie O'Sullivan capped the scoring, placing 135^th. O'Sullivan gained 40 spots over the final 1,000-meters. Chloe Foerster was 183^rd and Ella Borsheim was 212^th to round out the lineup.

The men, coming off just their second West Regional title in program history, got off to a conservative start, running in 20^th as a team at the 2,000m split. UW would stay at 20^th or 21^st for five more 1k splits until they began to climb over the final 2k. The Dawgs were up to 18^th at the 9k mark and at the finish had reached 16^th with a point total of 436.

This was the first NCAA XC Championship for six of UW's seven men today. Nathan Green, in his NCAA cross debut, continued his season-long trend of powerful closing kicks. The 1,500m national champion gained a whopping 50 places over the final 2k, including 38 spots in the last kilometer alone. He would finish 54^th in 29-minutes, 34-seconds for the 10k.

Sophomore Tyrone Gorze was 84^th in his first NCAA meet, and sophomore Evan Jenkins was 103^rd, also in his NCAA debut. They combined to gain 25 places over the final kilometer. Leo Daschbach, the one Husky with NCAA experience, placed a career-best 117^th as the fourth Husky finisher. Ronan McMahon-Staggs came up big to cap the scoring with a 164^th-place finish. Freshman Nathan Neil placed 212^th to finish his first call, and Jamar Distel was 236^th overall.

Washington will look ahead now to the NCAA Indoor Track season, which begins with a couple December meets, and then the Dempsey Indoor season starting in January.

NCAA Championships
Nov. 23, 2024
Madison, Wisc. | Thomas Zimmer Championship Course

Women's 6,000-meters Championship
Team Standings (Top-20 of 31): 1. BYU 147; 2. West Virginia 164; 3. Providence 183; 4. Northern Arizona 206; 5. Oregon 210; 6. Stanford 213; 7. New Mexico 244; 8. NC State 251; 9. Georgetown 263; 10. Alabama 293; 11. North Carolina 310; 12. Florida 357; 13. WASHINGTON 364; 14. Virginia 388; 15. Penn State 393; 16. Notre Dame 427; 17. Arkansas 431; 18. Minnesota 435; 19. Utah 459; 20. Syracuse 512.
Individual Champion: Doris Lemngole, Alabama, 19:21.
Husky Finishers: 59. Maeve Stiles 20:18; 73. Julia David-Smith 20:25; 98. Amina Maatoug 20:31; 113. India Weir 20:37; 135. Sophie O'Sullivan 20:45; 183. Chloe Foerster 21:04; 212. Ella Borsheim 21:17.

Men's 10,000-meters Championship
Team Standings (Top-20 of 31): 1. BYU 124; 2. Iowa State 137; 3. Arkansas 202; 4. Wisconsin 212; 5. Northern Arizona 237; 6. North Carolina 246; 7. Wake Forest 256; 8. Oklahoma State 256; 9. New Mexico 272; 10. Notre Dame 337; 11. Syracuse 342; 12. Stanford 356; 13. Cal Baptist 376; 14. Oregon 387; 15. Villanova 416; 16. WASHINGTON 436; 17. Furman 462; 18. Alabama 467; 19. Colorado 477; 20. Butler 481.
Individual Champion: Graham Blanks, Harvard, 28:37.
Husky Finishers: 54. Nathan Green 29:34; 84. Tyrone Gorze 29:48; 103. Evan Jenkins 29:56; 117. Leo Daschbach; 164. Ronan McMahon-Staggs 30:23; 212. Nathan Neil 30:58; 236. Jamar Distel 31:27.