Both cross country teams qualify for 2021 NCAA Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – The BYU men’s and women’s cross country teams qualified for the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships, the NCAA announced on Sunday.

Meet Information

• Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Course: OSU Cross Country Course
• Date: Monday, March 15
• Women’s 6K: 12:50 p.m. EDT
• Men’s 10K: 1:40 EDT
• Live Coverage: ESPNU/ESPN App (12:30 p.m. EDT)
• No public ticket sales

The BYU men’s squad enters the meet ranked No. 1 in the most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national poll. Winning the first national championship in the men’s program history in 2019, the Cougars will look to defend their title as they make their 22nd consecutive appearance at the championship meet.

The BYU women’s squad is ranked No. 2 in the latest USTFCCCA national poll. The Cougars were the national runner-ups in 2019, marking the program’s fourth consecutive top-12 finish at the championships. This year marks the sixth straight championship meet the women’s team has qualified for.

Both squads are coming off first-place finishes at the 2020 West Coast Conference Cross Country Championships. All-American Conner Mantz claimed the men’s individual title while leading the men’s squad to its sixth-straight WCC Championship. Anna Camp-Bennett and Aubrey Frentheway finished 2-3 to help the women’s squad win its third-straight league title.