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NCAA XC National Championship Qualifiers DI 2025

NCAA XC National Championship Qualifiers DI 2025

The automatic and at-large qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA DI Cross Country National Championships have officially been announced.

Nov 15, 2025 by John Davern
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The NCAA has officially announced selections for the 2025 NCAA DI XC Championships after a packed day of racing on Friday. The NCAA Championships are slated for November 22 at the University of Missouri.

Today, the NCAA announced at-large bids, adding to the teams and individuals already automatically selected by virtue of their finishes at respective regional championships.

The following teams and individuals have earned a berth to the 2025 NCAA Championships. At-large teams will be listed in the order that they were selected with a signifier of where they finished in their region. Individuals will not be listed in any particular order.

NCAA DI Men's Team Qualifiers

  • Syracuse - Northeast #1
  • Princeton - Mid-Atlantic #1
  • Wake Forest - Southeast #1
  • Notre Dame - Great Lakes #1
  • Oklahoma State - Midwest #1
  • Tulane - South Central #1
  • New Mexico - Mountain #1
  • Oregon - West #1
  • Alabama - South #1
  • Iona - Northeast #2
  • Georgetown - Mid-Atlantic #2
  • Eastern Kentucky - Southeast #2
  • Butler - Great Lakes #2
  • Iowa State - Midwest #2
  • Arkansas - South Central #2
  • BYU - Mountain #2
  • CBU - West #2
  • Ole Miss - South #2
  • Virginia - Southeast #3 
  • NAU - Mountain #3
  • Colorado - Mountain #4
  • Washington State - West #3
  • Wisconsin - Great Lakes #3
  • Michigan State - Great Lakes #4
  • Georgia - South #3
  • Michigan - Great Lakes #5
  • Harvard - Northeast #3
  • Virginia Tech - Southeast #4 (Pushed by UNC)
  • North Carolina - Southeast #5
  • Air Force - Mountain #5
  • Louisville - Southeast #6
  • Oklahoma - Midwest #3

NCAA DI Men's Individual Qualifiers

  • Nickson Kogei (Cincinnati) - Great Lakes
  • Joad Martinho (Toledo) - Great Lakes
  • Bismark Kipchirchir (Akron) - Great Lakes
  • Justin Mumford (Navy) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Nick Sloff (Penn State) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Charlie Moore (Villanova) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Thomas McMahon (Pittsburgh) - Mid-Atlantic
  • CJ Sullivan (Villanova) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Elkana Kipruto (Wichita State) - Midwest
  • Jayde Rosslee (Bradley) - Midwest
  • Abraham Chelangam (Oral Roberts) - Midwest
  • Cody Larson (South Dakota State) - Midwest
  • Jayden Nats (Air Force) - Mountain
  • Peter Visser (Weber State) - Mountain
  • Titus Kimaru (Texas Tech) - Mountain
  • Victor Kipkoech (Texas Tech) - Mountain
  • Sila Kiplakat (Utah Valley) - Mountain
  • Fredrick Kipkosgei (Hofstra) - Northeast
  • Jan Wouter Van Den Akker (UMass Lowell) - Northeast
  • Owen Karas (Yale) - Northeast
  • Kenan Pala (Yale) - Northeast
  • Nickson Chebii (Auburn) - South
  • Zouhair Redouane (Tennessee) - South
  • Kelvin Cheruiyot (Florida) - South
  • Isaac Hirshman-Chandler (Florida State) - South
  • Collins Kiprop Kipngok (Kentucky) - Southeast
  • Edward Bird (Kentucky) - Southeast
  • Noah Valyo (NC State) - Southeast
  • Christopher Knight (Furman) - Southeast
  • Johnson Lagat (TCU) - South Central
  • Paul Kiprotich (Stephen F Austin) - South Central
  • Jack Johnston (Texas A&M) - South Central
  • Kgaogelo Moloisi (Lousiana-Monroe) - South Central
  • Leo Young (Stanford) - West
  • Meshack Kuyo (Boise State) - West
  • Jonas Price (Portland) - West
  • Alex Thompson (Boise State) - West
  • Evans Tanui (Arizona) - West

NCAA DI Women's Team Qualifiers

  • Boston College - Northeast #1
  • West Virginia - Mid-Atlantic #1
  • NC State - Southeast #1
  • Notre Dame - Great Lakes #1
  • Oklahoma State - Midwest #1
  • Texas A&M - South Central #1
  • New Mexico - Mountain #1
  • Stanford - West #1
  • Florida - South #1
  • Providence - Northeast #2
  • Georgetown - Mid-Atlantic #2
  • South Carolina - Southeast #2
  • Wisconsin - Great Lakes #2
  • Northwestern - Midwest #2
  • LSU.- South Central #2
  • BYU - Mountain #2
  • Oregon. - West #2
  • Tennessee - South #2
  • Iowa State - Midwest #3
  • Penn State - Mid-Atlantic #3
  • Villanova - Mid-Atlantic #4
  • Missouri - Midwest - #4
  • Alabama - South #3
  • NAU - Mountain #3
  • Colorado - Mountain #4
  • Utah - Mountain #5
  • North Carolina - Southeast #3 (Pushed by Virginia) 
  • Virginia - Southeast #4
  • Boise State - West #3 (Pushed by Washington State)
  • Washington State - West #4
  • Washington - West #5
  • Wake Forest - Southeast #5

NCAA DI Women's Individual Qualifiers

  • Rachel Forsyth (Michigan State) - Great Lakes
  • Ann Lemirisho (Cincinnati) - Great Lakes
  • Mercy Jebitok (Akron) - Great Lakes
  • Aniya Mosley (Ohio State) - Great Lakes
  • Rose Coats (Maryland) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Meg Madison (Princeton) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Anna McNatt (Princeton) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Gwenno Goode (La Salle) - Mid-Atlantic
  • Jadyn Keeler (North Dakota) - Midwest
  • Evyn Humphrey  (Tulsa) - Midwest
  • Leah Jeruto (Oklahoma)
  • Morgan Nokes (Utah Valley) - Mountain
  • India Jones (Air Force) - Mountain
  • Ella Johnson (Air Force) - Mountain
  • Lily Mather (Texas Tech - Mountain
  • Charlotte Richman (Army) - Northeast
  • Molly Malague (Harvard) - Northeast
  • Selma Anderson (Syracuse) - Northeast
  • Jasmine Trott (Bryant) - Northeast
  • Rylee Blade (Florida State) - South
  • Bieke Schipperen (Florida State) - South
  • Nelly Jemeli (Miss State) - South
  • Ozia Trujillo (Florida Gulf Coast) - South
  • Elizabeth Khatevi (Texas A&M - Corpus Christi) - South Central
  • Sydney Vaught (Arkansas) - South Central
  • Blezzin Kimutai (Tulane) - South Central
  • Rose Mburu (SMU) - South Central
  • Ruth Kimeli (Baylor) - South Central
  • Dorcas Jepkosgei (UT Arlington) - South Central
  • Silvia Jelego (Clemson) - Southeast
  • Allie Zealand (Liberty) - Southeast
  • Stephanie Moss (Duke) - Southeast
  • Edna Chelulei (Eastern Kentucky) - Southeast
  • Logan Hofstee (Gonzaga) - West
  • Jessica Frydenlund (Gonzaga) - West
  • Anna Buettner (San Francisco) - west
  • Kelli Gaffney (Cal Poly) - West

How Do Teams, Runners Qualify For NCAA D1 Cross Country National Championship?

For men's and women's, the top two teams in each regional — there are nine in total — automatically qualify for the championships, which equates to 18 automatic qualifiers. 

The NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee will then choose 14 at-large teams to fill out the 32 team field.

Individually, the first four finishers who do not belong to an automatic qualifier or an at-large team automatically advance to the championships. All four finishers have to finish in the top 25 within their region. Altogether, 36 individuals automatically qualify and two are chosen at-large, making 38 the grand total. The two at-large selections are the highest placing individuals at a regional that were not automatic qualifiers.

When and Where Is The NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships 2025

The Cross Country Championships are on Nov. 22 at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri.

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