Lauren Ellsworth, USTFCCCA
November 14, 2022  
new orleans – #RunToStillwater ends this Saturday.
Click here for the pre-championship version NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll for the 2022 season, announced by the United States Track and Field Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.
NCAA Division I — Women’s Cross Country
Top 5 in Japan this week
1
north carolina
2
new mexico
3
Oklahoma
Four
Notre Dame
Five
Alabama
Cross Country Voting and Rankings
defending champion north carolina After receiving 10 out of 11 votes, they head to Stillwater, Oklahoma as the front-runners for the team title. The Wolfpack, led by individual champion Kaitlyn Tuohy, won his title with the South East team scoring his 25 points in his championship. Saturday’s win would give NC State his second NCAA title in program history.
new mexico When Oklahoma After taking care of business at the regional championships, they finished second and third respectively. Lobos placed his three athletes in the top 9 and earned him 56 points for his second straight Mountain Region title. In the Midwest region, the Cowgirls won their first regional championship since 2015 with his 2-for-3 punches of Natalie Cooke and Taylor Law.
Notre Dame Moved up one spot to 4th place. Alabama In the pre-championship edition of the national coaches poll, he moved up two spots to number five. Fighting his Irish had a dominant performance at the Great Lakes Regional Championships, scoring just his 33 points and Olivia winning his second consecutive regional title with his Marchezic individual title. Crimson Tide scored his 34 points with a 2-3-4-5 finish and also won the South Region Championships by a wide margin.
The rest of the top 10 had a lot of shuffling after Friday’s regional championships. northern arizona After placing 3rd in the Mountains region, he fell to 3rd place and finished runner-up in the region. Utah Improved to No.7. His next two spots are his 8th in the West Region winner and runner-up. Stanford And No.9 Oregon; BYU Finished 10th after finishing 6th in the mountain area.
Other notable improvements come from the 4th-place team in the Mountain Region. Colorado (up 8 places from 20th to 12th), runner-up in the Great Lakes Region Ohio (up 8 places from 25th to 17th) and the 4th place team in the Western Region Oregon (Relocated from place of receipt to No. 23)
of 2022 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships This Saturday is the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Oklahoma. You can watch the action uninterrupted on ESPNU starting at 10am ET. The women’s race will start at 10:20 am ET.
