NCAA Cross Country Preview — Overview/Schedule

Perennially unpredictable factors until the NCAA XC Championships arrive will be race day weather and course conditions. (MIKE SCOTT)

WHEN ASSESSING NCAA XC possibilities in September, hard data is relatively scarce. Evidence in the form of major meet results doesnâ€t arrive in volume until late October. Individual stars and full-strength squads more often than not race infrequently before then, and after that itâ€s off to the races over a 3-week stretch that begins with Conferences the last weekend of October.

For the first time in meet history, Missouri will host the Nationals, which will be run on November 22 over 6K for the women and 10K for the men. The Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, opened in â€19, is a spectator-friendly rolling route on grass. It is comprised of a pair of linked loops (2K and 3K) with 550m from the start line to its “first sweeping turn,†as described by Mizzou Athletics. And the finish? “Last 1800m of 3K loop with sweeping, graded turns… Finish straightaway of 300m is slightly uphill with elevated viewing berm.†Columbia temperatures on nationals race day â€24 were in the mid-to-high 30s.

Follow the links to the 4 detailed sections of our Div. I-based NCAA XC Preview:

â€25 Collegiate Cross Country Schedule

Major Invitationals

October

03
Piane Invitational
Notre Dame, Indiana

Short Invitational
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

10
Dellinger Invitational
Eugene, Oregon

17
Barrios Invitational
College Station, Texas

Bradley Pink Classic
Peoria, Illinois

Crimson Classic
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Nuttycombe Invitational
Verona, Wisconsin

Panorama Farms Invitational
Charlottesville, Virginia

Princeton Fall Classic
Princeton, New Jersey

18
Pre-Nationals
Columbia, Missouri

Div. I Conferences

October

17
IC4A/ECAC
Bronx, New York

27
SWAC
Tallahassee, Florida

31
ACC
Louisville, Kentucky

America East
Hopkinton, New Hampshire

Atlantic Sun
Jacksonville, Florida

Big 10
East Lansing, Michigan

Big 12
Lawrence, Kansas

Big East
Omaha, Nebraska

Big South
Farmville, Virginia

Big West
Honolulu, Hawaiâ€i

Coastal
Lakewood, New Jersey

Heps / Ivy League
Bronx, New York

Missouri Valley
Evansville, Indiana

Mountain West
Fresno, California

Ohio Valley
Charleston, Illinois

Patriot League
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

SEC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Southland
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Sun Belt
Foley, Alabama

WAC
Arlington, Texas

November

01
American Athletic
Concord, North Carolina

Atlantic 10
Cedarville, Ohio

Big Sky
Bozeman, Montana

Conference USA
Huntsville, Alabama

Horizon League
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Metro Atlantic
Montgomery, New York

Mid-American
Buffalo, New York

Southern
Mill Spring, North Carolina

Summit League
Ashland, Nebraska

West Coast
Spokane, Washington

Collegiate Nationals

November

08
JUCO Championships
Fort Dodge, Iowa

NCAA Div. II Regionals
8 sites

14
NCAA Div. I Regionals
9 sites

Great Lakes
Evansville, Indiana

Mid-Atlantic
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Midwest
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Mountain
Salt Lake City, Utah

Northeast
Contoocook, New Hampshire

South
Huntsville, Alabama

South Central
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Southeast
Charlottesville, Virginia

West
Sacramento, California

15
NCAA Div. III Regionals
10 sites

21
NAIA Championships
Tallahassee, Florida

22
NCAA Championships
Columbia, Missouri

NCAA II Championships
Kenosha, Wisconsin

NCAA III Championships
Spartanburg, South Carolina

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