Championship season kicked off strong with the various regions across the country. The Regional Central can be found here. I will be on hand in Louisville for the National Championships bringing you interviews pre and post race. Stay tuned for details. 

Atlantic   Men | Women

Lockhaven won the men’s team title with 28 points. Nathan Zondlo who won in 31:30 led them. Scott Anderson was 2^nd overall in 31:33 but his team was 3^rd. Shippensburg placed second with Bryan Beegle as their first scorer in 6^th place with a 31:48.

Neely Spence dominated the field winning the individual title in 20:46. Her women’s team captured the overall title with 33 points over second place Kutztown who had 119. Elicia Anderson of Millersville placed second overall in 21:38.

Central Men | Women

Despite winning the individual title, Ben Zwicki’s team placed 3^rd overall.  Luckily the Central region has 5 bids total, (2 autos + 3 for the top 3 teams that placed within the top 8 from the previous year) The Adams State men won with 29 points and were paced by Luke Cragg who was 3^rd in 31:08. Western State was second with 58 points; Sean Brown led them in 2^nd place with a 31:03. Other qualifying teams were Augustana, Colorado Mines and Metropolitan State.

Kristin McGlynn won in 20:53 and led a narrow victory of rivals Western State, (45-48) Alexis Skarda from Mesa State was second in 21:01. Lauren Kleppin led Western State with a 21:13

East  Men | Women

UMass Lowell took the team title over Stonehill (41 -72) and was led by Jeff Veiga who won in 30:08.  Glorious Rop of American International was second in 30:28.  Pat Fullerton who ran 31:14 and was 5th led Stonehill who placed second as a team.

Stonehill placed 1^st over College of St. Rose (42-131). Jeptui Cherutich of American International was the overall winner in 22:18. Kristen Mahoney was 4^th overall in 22:59 and led her team to a victory. Ashley Jackman who was 6^th and ran 23:00 led her team to a second place finish.

Midwest Men | Women

Tyler Emmorey of Grand Valley won the indivdual crown in 30:58 and led his team to a 21 – 81 win over 15^th ranked Southern Indiana. Grand Valley captured 3 of the top 5 spots. The first non GV finisher was Drury’s Jaime Villa Zapatero in 3^rd at 31:03. Drury and Bellarmine also advanced to the NCAA championships as a team.

Christina Muir of Ferris State won in 21:05. Despite her individual victory Ferris State lost to GV 79- 26. Grand Valley’s first finisher was Katherine McCarthy in 21:10.

South Central Men | Women

Amos Sang from Abilene Christian took individual honors in 30:42, with his team placing second behind Central Missouri (119-105). Laban Sialo was 2^nd overall in 31:12 and paced his team to the overall victory.

Jennifer Butler was 3^rd overall in 22:25 for Pittsburgh State who ended up winning the team title (66-108) over Midwestern State. Anai Belledant of Abilene Christian was the overall winner in 22:14. Followed by Anja Puc of Nebraska – Omaha in 22:23

South Men | Women

Daniel Kirwa of Harding took the individual honors in 30:29 and also led his team to a 4-point victory over Florida Southern (46-50) Phillip Biwott was second in 30:53. Eric Larson paced his Florida Southern team with 5th-place finish in 32:23

Tampa took the overall title beating Alabama Huntsville (42-89). Heather Nicolosi (Tampa) was first in 20:51 followed by Jeniffer Cherono (Alabama-Huntsville) 21:23.

Southeast Men | Women

Meshack Koyiak of Columbus St won in over Michael Crouch of Queens in 29:45. Crouch, placing second, paced his team to an overall win. (36-79) over Columbus State.

Kate Griewisch from Lenoir-Rhyne took the individual honors in 20:55. Kimone Hewitt and Maraya Slatter of Queens went 2, 3 to lead the women to a victory over King (40-91)

West Men | Women

Alaska Anchorage men got a narrow victory over Chico State. Marko Cheseto took individual honors in 31:20. Isaac Chavez and Brent Handa went 4, 5 for Chico to lead the team victory (49-54)

The team race on the women’s side shaped up similar. With Alaska Anchorage taking the victory over Chico in a close battle (40-55). Sarah Porter (Western Washington) had a dominating performance, 21:21, over Ruth Keino (Alaska Anchorage), 22:01. The Western Washington Women placed 3^rd overall.