Saturday, November 19
Stillwater, Okla.
10:20 a.m.
West Virginia University
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NCAA Championships
West Virginia Heads to the National Championship
November 18, 2022 12:55 PM | Cross Country
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University cross country team heads to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to race in the NCAA National Championship on Saturday, Nov. 19.
This year's championship is hosted by Oklahoma State University at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course. The women's 6k race is set to begin at 10:20 a.m. ET and will be nationally televised on ESPNU, while live stats will be available at WVUsports.com.
Saturday marks the first time the Mountaineers have made the trip to Stillwater this season. Last season at the National Championship, then-redshirt sophomore Ceili McCabe took third-place with a 6k time of 19:29.5. McCabe's effort in the National Championship last year stands as her personal-best 6k performance and the best finish by a WVU runner at the National Championship in program history. It also earned her All-American honors. The previous best finish by a Mountaineer at the national meet came in 2011, when Kate Harrison took home eighth for WVU.
McCabe will be on the line with redshirt junior Katherine Dowie, sixth-year senior Mikaela Lucki, redshirt junior Jeanne Reix Charat, redshirt senior Mikenna Vanderheyden, redshirt senior Charlotte Wood and redshirt sophomore Abbey Yuhasz. McCabe and Yuhasz earned Big 12 Runner of the Week honors earlier in the campaign.
West Virginia earned 21st-place at the National Championship last season, improving on their 29th-place finish to conclude the 2020 campaign. Saturday's race signifies the third consecutive year WVU has qualified for the national meet. The Mountaineers have not qualified for the NCAA National Championship three years running since they made five consecutive appearances between 2007-2011.
West Virginia is coming off a second-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 11 that earned the Mountaineers an automatic bid to the National Championship. It was a historic day for WVU, as McCabe took first for the second consecutive year, becoming the first WVU runner to accomplish the feat. West Virginia also earned four All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors, as McCabe, Wood, Lucki and Dowie all finished in the top-25.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUXCTF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
This year's championship is hosted by Oklahoma State University at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course. The women's 6k race is set to begin at 10:20 a.m. ET and will be nationally televised on ESPNU, while live stats will be available at WVUsports.com.
Saturday marks the first time the Mountaineers have made the trip to Stillwater this season. Last season at the National Championship, then-redshirt sophomore Ceili McCabe took third-place with a 6k time of 19:29.5. McCabe's effort in the National Championship last year stands as her personal-best 6k performance and the best finish by a WVU runner at the National Championship in program history. It also earned her All-American honors. The previous best finish by a Mountaineer at the national meet came in 2011, when Kate Harrison took home eighth for WVU.
McCabe will be on the line with redshirt junior Katherine Dowie, sixth-year senior Mikaela Lucki, redshirt junior Jeanne Reix Charat, redshirt senior Mikenna Vanderheyden, redshirt senior Charlotte Wood and redshirt sophomore Abbey Yuhasz. McCabe and Yuhasz earned Big 12 Runner of the Week honors earlier in the campaign.
West Virginia earned 21st-place at the National Championship last season, improving on their 29th-place finish to conclude the 2020 campaign. Saturday's race signifies the third consecutive year WVU has qualified for the national meet. The Mountaineers have not qualified for the NCAA National Championship three years running since they made five consecutive appearances between 2007-2011.
West Virginia is coming off a second-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 11 that earned the Mountaineers an automatic bid to the National Championship. It was a historic day for WVU, as McCabe took first for the second consecutive year, becoming the first WVU runner to accomplish the feat. West Virginia also earned four All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors, as McCabe, Wood, Lucki and Dowie all finished in the top-25.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUXCTF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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