No. 1 BYU to compete for national championship Saturday morning

No. 1 BYU women's cross country will compete for the NCAA national championship Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin at Zimmer Championship Course.

No. 1 BYU to compete for national championship Saturday morningNo. 1 BYU to compete for national championship Saturday morning
Nate Edwards

PROVO, Utah No. 1 BYU women's cross country will compete for the NCAA national championship Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin at Zimmer Championship Course. 

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The Cougars enter the final meet of the 2024 season with five wins and one second-place finish. Most notably, the program won its second-consecutive Big 12 championship. Five women placed in the top 15 to earn All-Big 12 honors. 

This week, the women will return to Zimmer Championship Course where they won the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals last month with 105 points. Lexy Halladay-Lowry led the charge for the Cougars as she placed ninth overall in 19:33.4. The 6,000-meter grass course will remain the same as BYU seeks to benefit from its prior experience on the course. 

The NCAA has selected a 31-team field to compete at the national championship meet. No. 1 BYU, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Northern Arizona, No. 4 West Virginia and No. 5 Notre Dame round out the top five teams. The Big 12 will be represented by the top-ranked Cougars, No. 4 Mountaineers, No. 12 Utah and No. 16 Oklahoma State. 

Full Rankings

The BYU women have now advanced to the national championship race for the ninth-straight season under head coach Diljeet Taylor

BYU at NCAA Cross Country Nationals

Season

Place

2024

TBD

2023

14th

2022

8th

2021

2nd

2020-21

1st

2019

2nd

2018

10th

2017

7th

2016

10th

Notes

  • BYU has won five national championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2020-21)
  • Individual national champions: Whittni Orton (2021)
  • Diljeet Taylor has coached seven athletes to 16 All-America honors during her time at BYU

Saturday, Nov. 23 8:20 a.m. MT

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