NCAA Div II-Adams State Wins Both titles!, by Walt Murphy, Note by Larry Eder

Elizabeth Leachman and Tamrat Gavenas Capture First-Place Titles at the 45th Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals Presented by HOKA®

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 15, 2024, Week 13, Day 7, the FINAL long run of the cross country season

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 14, 2024, Week 13, Day 6, the FINAL race of year, Footlocker, presented by HOKA!

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NCAA DIVISION II Championships
Slippery Rock, Pa, 11-22
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Adams State swept the menâ€™s and womenâ€™s titles. It was the 6th title in a row for the women. Chico Stateâ€™s Scotty Bauhs won the mens race, while the womenâ€™s title went to Seattle Pacificâ€™s Jenny Pixler for the 2nd year in a row.
MEN
PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD
1 Adams State 67 2 5 14 21 25 35 36 31:32 1:28
2 Western State 88 4 10 12 22 40 64 76 31:47 1:10
3 Chico State 120 1 20 26 28 45 82 92 31:49 2:09
4 Abilene Christian 128 11 16 30 33 38 143 32:03 44
5 Grand Valley St. 190 24 27 39 44 56 72 73 32:21 40
6 Harding 198 6 13 48 65 66 136 158 32:19 1:25
7 Queens (N C ) 224 3 41 42 43 95 146 164 32:20 2:32
8 Minn. St. Mankato 230 8 31 47 53 91 102 112 32:29 1:48
9 Colorado Mines 254 19 49 54 62 70 77 90 32:36 1:03
10 Western Washington 263 23 29 34 83 94 113 129 32:38 1:25
11 Alaska Anchorage 288 7 15 74 78 114 141 144 32:37 2:16
12 Wayne St. (Mich ) 308 18 59 60 85 86 97 107 32:48 1:25
13 Umass Lowell 338 37 55 75 84 87 106 142 32:56 56
14 Metropolitan St. 348 9 63 88 89 99 125 135 32:56 1:58
15 Southern Indiana 353 32 51 80 81 109 124 153 32:59 1:28
16 Edinboro 397 17 46 96 118 120 151 33:08 2:08
17* Pittsburg St. 467 57 69 103 110 128 134 140 33:27 1:29
17* Uc-Colo. Spgs. 467 61 71 104 105 126 132 162 33:26 1:20
19* Stonehill 473 58 67 93 108 147 156 157 33:34 2:16
19* Lock Haven 473 50 52 111 127 133 154 160 33:32 1:51
21 Ashland 503 68 98 101 115 121 131 138 33:35 1:04
22 Missouri Southern 601 100 116 117 119 149 161 163 34:06 1:38
23 Alabama-Huntsville 623 79 122 130 137 155 159 165 34:19 2:24
24 Columbus St. 705 123 139 145 148 150 152 166 34:49 1:15
TEAM 1M 3M 5M FINAL
PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TIME TIME TIME PACE TEAM
1 1 Scott Bauhs, Sr 4:53 14:44 24:37 30:23 4:54 Chico State
2 2 Aaron Braun, Jr 4:55 14:45 24:43 30:36 4:56 Adams State
3 3 Michael Crouch, So 5:01 15:02 25:05 30:56 4:59 Queens (N C )
4 Chris Clark, Sr 5:03 15:08 25:19 31:12 5:02 California U.
5 4 Iain Donnan, Jr 5:00 15:06 25:18 31:14 5:02 Western State
6 5 Brian Medigovich, Sr 5:01 15:09 25:27 31:24 5:04 Adams State
7 6 Daniel Kirwa, Fr 4:55 15:06 25:23 31:30 5:05 Harding
8 Jeff Weiss, Sr 5:09 15:22 25:28 31:32 5:05 Slippery Rock
9 7 Marko Cheseto, So 5:00 15:12 25:36 31:32 5:05 Alaska Anchorage
10 8 James Krajsa, Jr 5:07 15:20 25:37 31:34 5:05 Minn. St. Mankato
11 9 Todd Tolentino, Sr 5:15 15:28 25:39 31:35 5:06 Metropolitan St.
12 10 Loren Ahonen, So 5:11 15:22 25:45 31:38 5:06 Western State
13 11 Julius Nyango, Sr 5:01 15:19 25:41 31:39 5:06 Abilene Christian
14 12 Tyler Pennel, So 5:02 15:03 25:36 31:39 5:06 Western State
15 13 Artek Kern, Sr 5:04 15:15 25:42 31:41 5:06 Harding
16 14 Ryan McNiff, Jr 5:05 15:20 25:42 31:42 5:07 Adams State
17 15 Jacob Parisien, Fr 5:06 15:20 25:42 31:43 5:07 Alaska Anchorage
18 16 Daniel Maina, Sr 5:05 15:19 25:41 31:44 5:07 Abilene Christian
19 17 Ben Hahn, So 5:05 15:24 25:48 31:48 5:08 Edinboro
20 Jaime Villa Zapatero, So 5:18 15:35 25:54 31:50 5:08 Drury
21 18 Abdullah Saleh, Sr 5:11 15:27 25:50 31:52 5:08 Wayne St. (Mich )
22 19 Ben Zywicki, So 5:10 15:22 25:46 31:54 5:09 Colorado Mines
23 20 Angel Marquez, Sr 5:16 15:29 25:52 31:55 5:09 Chico State
24 21 Luke Cragg, Jr 5:11 15:28 25:53 31:57 5:09 Adams State
25 Laurent Ngirakamaro, Sr 5:03 15:20 25:49 31:57 5:09 New Mexico Highlands
26 David Fuentes, Sr 5:18 15:28 25:50 31:57 5:09 St. Edward’s
27 Nate Preston, Sr 5:08 15:23 25:52 32:00 5:10 Wayne St. (Neb )
28 22 Sean Brown, So 5:13 15:31 25:55 32:01 5:10 Western State
29 23 Jordan Welling, So 5:07 15:23 25:54 32:02 5:10 Western Washington
30 24 Tyler Emmorey, Fr 5:15 15:25 25:52 32:03 5:10 Grand Valley St.
31 25 Florian Theophile, Jr 5:07 15:32 26:05 32:03 5:10 Adams State
32 26 Michael Wickman, Jr 5:14 15:32 26:04 32:05 5:10 Chico State
33 27 Ryan Toth, Fr 5:15 15:28 26:00 32:06 5:11 Grand Valley St.
34 Pat Reagan, Sr 5:06 15:27 25:59 32:09 5:11 Slippery Rock
35 28 Beau Rogers, Jr 5:13 15:33 26:02 32:10 5:11 Chico State
36 29 Blake Medhaug, Jr 5:15 15:33 26:05 32:11 5:11 Western Washington
37 30 Cleophas Tanui, Jr 5:09 15:29 26:01 32:14 5:12 Abilene Christian
38 31 Denise Mokaya, Jr 5:04 15:22 26:09 32:15 5:12 Minn. St. Mankato
39 32 Bryan Phillips, Sr 5:18 15:44 26:12 32:16 5:12 Southern Indiana
40 33 Charles White, Fr 5:14 15:36 26:11 32:17 5:12 Abilene Christian
41 34 Bennett Grimes, So 5:13 15:37 26:14 32:18 5:12 Western Washington
42 Tim Jagielski, Fr 5:08 15:31 26:07 32:18 5:13 Hillsdale
43 35 Drew Graham, Fr 5:12 15:36 26:23 32:18 5:13 Adams State
44 36 Babey Wagnew, Sr 5:12 15:29 26:07 32:22 5:13 Adams State
45 37 Ruben Sanca, Sr 5:05 15:28 26:13 32:22 5:13 Umass Lowell
46 38 Serge Gasore, Sr 5:18 15:38 26:19 32:23 5:13 Abilene Christian
47 39 Ross Faasse, Jr 5:17 15:38 26:13 32:23 5:13 Grand Valley St.
48 40 Tyler Rasmussen, So 5:12 15:28 26:10 32:23 5:13 Western State
49 41 Matthew Rowell, Jr 5:10 15:29 26:12 32:24 5:13 Queens (N C )
50 42 Oscar Ogwaro, Jr 5:05 15:30 26:10 32:25 5:14 Queens (N C )
51 43 Futsum Mebrahtu, Jr 5:15 15:38 26:18 32:29 5:14 Queens (N C )
WOMEN
PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD
1 Adams State 79 3 11 19 22 24 39 68 22:14 56
2 Grand Valley St. 102 14 18 21 23 26 29 43 22:28 23
3 Western State 183 8 32 34 35 74 90 118 22:53 1:44
4 Seattle Pacific 194 1 12 40 69 72 87 91 22:40 2:41
5 Augustana (S D ) 203 30 37 41 47 48 65 73 23:02 31
6 Shippensburg 212 2 25 45 62 78 95 149 22:53 2:18
7 Chico State 241 13 33 53 67 75 79 83 23:07 1:39
8 Minnesota-Duluth 249 5 27 54 55 108 125 147 23:05 2:27
9 Alaska Anchorage 266 20 38 49 57 102 113 151 23:16 1:37
10 Western Washington 301 10 42 56 94 99 121 126 23:18 2:03
11 Slippery Rock 313 15 31 66 97 104 109 142 23:22 1:52
12 Wayne St. (Mich ) 323 4 44 60 93 122 163 166 23:21 2:48
13 Cal St. Los Angeles 324 6 36 61 110 111 114 157 23:24 2:24
14 Tampa 334 16 51 71 96 100 106 127 23:28 1:44
15 Midwestern St. 335 17 28 85 88 117 137 158 23:26 2:04
16 Missouri Southern 342 7 46 80 89 120 124 135 23:27 2:34
17 Ferris State 381 9 50 82 112 128 138 154 23:37 2:41
18 Pittsburg St. 402 58 64 76 101 103 115 129 23:47 43
19 Metropolitan St. 441 52 59 84 107 139 140 156 23:58 1:45
20 Harding 505 70 81 105 116 133 153 24:10 1:16
21 Stonehill 582 77 119 123 131 132 136 144 24:28 1:05
22 Umass Lowell 590 63 86 141 145 155 159 161 24:43 2:20
23 Lees-McRae 670 92 130 146 150 152 160 167 24:59 1:31
24 Augusta State 685 98 134 143 148 162 164 165 25:16 2:48
TEAM 1M 2M 3M FINAL
PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TIME TIME TIME PACE TEAM
1 1 Jessica Pixler, Jr* 5:44 11:14 16:55 20:59 5:37 Seattle Pacific
2 2 Neely Spence, Fr* 5:44 11:29 17:27 21:27 5:45 Shippensburg
3 Shannon Payne, Sr* 5:55 11:38 17:29 21:29 5:46 Uc-Colo. Spgs.
4 3 Heather Wood, Sr* 5:54 11:38 17:33 21:37 5:48 Adams State
5 Jessica Monson, Sr* 5:57 11:44 17:38 21:38 5:48 Wis -Parkside
6 4 Rachelle Malette, Sr* 5:56 11:44 17:39 21:44 5:50 Wayne St. (Mich )
7 5 Morgan Place, Fr* 6:06 11:51 17:45 21:49 5:51 Minnesota-Duluth
8 6 Vivien Wadeck, Jr* 5:57 11:45 17:48 21:55 5:52 Cal St. Los Angeles
9 7 Kimi Shank, Jr* 5:59 11:49 17:49 21:57 5:53 Missouri Southern
10 Mary Ballinger, Jr* 5:59 11:52 17:56 21:58 5:53 Southern Indiana
11 8 Julianne Payton, So* 5:58 11:48 17:54 21:58 5:53 Western State
12 9 Christina Muir, So* 6:08 12:00 18:01 21:59 5:53 Ferris State
13 10 Sarah Porter, So* 5:55 11:44 17:51 21:59 5:54 Western Washington
14 11 Lavenna Mullenbach, Sr* 5:55 11:44 17:53 22:01 5:54 Adams State
15 12 Jane Larson, Jr* 5:56 11:43 17:51 22:02 5:54 Seattle Pacific
16 13 Tori Tyler, Jr* 5:59 11:47 17:57 22:04 5:55 Chico State
17 14 Megan Maceratini, So* 6:00 11:45 17:47 22:15 5:58 Grand Valley St.
18 Amanda Whitford, Sr* 5:56 11:50 18:05 22:16 5:58 Byu-HawaiI
19 Alexis Skarda, Fr* 6:01 11:58 18:03 22:16 5:58 Mesa State
20 15 Jaime Wright, Sr* 6:07 12:01 18:06 22:17 5:58 Slippery Rock
21 16 Jessica Forrester, Jr* 6:09 11:59 18:07 22:19 5:59 Tampa
22 Bre Schofield, Fr* 5:58 11:50 18:07 22:19 5:59 Uc San Diego
23 17 Katie Stepp, Jr* 6:11 12:07 18:14 22:21 5:59 Midwestern St.
24 Danna Kelly, Sr* 6:03 12:02 18:13 22:23 6:00 Truman State
25 18 Katherine McCarthy, So* 6:02 11:59 18:17 22:24 6:00 Grand Valley St.
26 Winrose Karunde, So* 5:46 11:41 18:05 22:24 6:00 Abilene Christian
27 19 Jj Lende, Fr* 5:58 11:56 18:18 22:28 6:01 Adams State
28 20 Elizabeth Chepkosgei, Sr* 6:04 11:55 18:04 22:30 6:02 Alaska Anchorage
29 21 Kelly Gibbons, Sr* 6:08 12:04 18:20 22:30 6:02 Grand Valley St.
30 22 Janette McCarroll, Jr* 6:06 12:09 18:28 22:32 6:02 Adams State
31 23 Lynsey Ardingo, Jr* 6:05 12:05 18:18 22:32 6:02 Grand Valley St.
32 24 Sofia Monroe, Jr* 6:01 12:05 18:25 22:33 6:02 Adams State
33 25 Mary Dell, So* 6:07 12:08 18:24 22:34 6:03 Shippensburg
34 26 Sarah Kulczycki, Sr* 6:07 12:09 18:23 22:37 6:04 Grand Valley St.
35 27 Liz Palkie, Jr* 6:10 12:15 18:31 22:39 6:04 Minnesota-Duluth
36 Tina Yi, So* 6:15 12:12 18:25 22:39 6:04 Edinboro
37 28 Kayla Hendrix, Fr* 6:16 12:15 18:28 22:40 6:05 Midwestern St.
38 29 Rebecca Winchester, So* 6:08 12:09 18:24 22:43 6:05 Grand Valley St.
39 30 Alyssa Anderson, Jr* 6:03 12:05 18:25 22:43 6:05 Augustana (S D )
40 31 Jennifer Harpp, Jr* 6:11 12:16 18:32 22:49 6:07 Slippery Rock
41 Allison Kreutzer, Sr* 6:10 12:10 18:32 22:49 6:07 Clayton State
42 32 Lisa Thomas, Sr* 6:06 12:14 18:37 22:51 6:08 Western State
43 33 Kara Lubieniecki, So* 6:08 12:13 18:36 22:55 6:08 Chico State
44 34 Hillory Davis, So* 6:06 12:16 18:42 22:57 6:09 Western State
45 35 Sarah Lyle, Fr* 6:10 12:13 18:39 22:57 6:09 Western State
46 36 Liliana Hernandez, Sr* 6:02 12:12 18:35 22:57 6:09 Cal St. Los Angeles
47 37 Molly Clark, Jr* 6:09 12:19 18:42 22:59 6:10 Augustana (S D )
48 38 Laura Carr, Jr* 6:06 12:16 18:42 23:00 6:10 Alaska Anchorage
49 39 Vanessa Roy, Jr* 6:08 12:20 18:43 23:01 6:10 Adams State
50 Joanna Horstmann, Sr* 6:09 12:23 18:51 23:02 6:10 Kutztown
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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