Northern Arizona and NC State won the men’s and women’s DI cross country championships, respectively. Here’s what you may have missed.
Men’s
Individual
Stanford’s Charles Hicks was the first to cross the finish line in 28:43.6. Hicks took the lead over the last 2K and never looked back. Hicks set a course record with his time and became the first Cardinal runner to ever win the individual title.
| Finish | Athlete | School | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Hicks | Stanford | 28:43.6 |
| 2 | Nico Young | Northern Arizona | 28:44.5 |
| 3 | Drew Bosley | Northern Arizona | 28:55.9 |
| 4 | Dylan Jacobs | Tennessee | 28:58.0 |
| 5 | Alex Maier | Oklahoma State | 28:58.2 |
| 6 | Graham Blanks | Harvard | 28:58.4 |
| 7 | Casey Clinger | BYU | 28:58.7 |
| 8 | Isai Rodriguez | Oklahoma State | 28:59.9 |
| 9 | Parker Wolfe | North Carolina | 29.00.4 |
| 10 | Ky Robinson | Stanford | 29.07.4 |
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Hear what Charles Hicks said after becoming the 2022 Men’s Cross Country Individual National Champion!
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— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) November 19, 2022
Team
Northern Arizona won the DI men’s cross county team title, finishing with 83 points. The Lumberjacks won a tiebreaker over Oklahoma State 3-2.
It’s the first time in DI men’s cross country history that a tiebreaker determined the national champion. The only other tie came in 1942, before a tiebreaker was established.
Northern Arizona has now three-peated, winning three titles from 2020-2022. It the second three-peat for the Lumberjacks, who three-peated from 2016-2018. Northern Arizona has won six titles in the last seven years. The only other school to achieve the feat was UTEP from 1975-1981.
| Place | Team | Finishers | Top Runner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Arizona | 2-3-18-24-36 | Charles Hicks |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 5-8-11-29-30 | Alex Maier |
| 3 | BYU | 7-20-28-33-44 | Casey Clinger |
| 4 | Stanford | 1-10-48-67-69 | Charles Hicks |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 19-21-25-53-86 | Zach Facioni |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 15-32-42-51-72 | Jackson Sharp |
| 7 | Air Force | 27-46-54-66-71 | Ryan Johnson |
| 8 | Colorado | 34-40-64-65-78 | Bob Liking |
| 9 | Tulsa | 14-22-41-58-169 | Cormac Dalton |
| 10 | North Carolina | 9-59-68-91-96 | Parker Wolfe |
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Women’s
Individual
NC State’s Katelyn Tuohy was the first to cross the finish line in 19:27.7. Tuohy used a final kick to surpass Florida’s Parker Valby over the final 1K and secure the win.
| Finish | Athlete | School | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katelyn Tuohy | NC State | 19:27.7 |
| 2 | Parker Valby | Florida | 19:30.9 |
| 3 | Kelsey Chmiel | NC State | 19:37.1 |
| 4 | Elise Stearns | Northern Arizona | 19:43.9 |
| 5 | Bailey Hertenstein | Colorado | 19:45.1 |
| 6 | Hilda Olemomoi | Alabama | 19:45.6 |
| 7 | Natalie Cook | Oklahoma State | 19:46.3 |
| 8 | Olivia Markezich | Notre Dame | 19:46.4 |
| 9 | Amariz Tyynismaa | Alabama | 19:48.4 |
| 10 | Addie Engel | Ohio State | 19:50.4 |
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Team
NC State won the 2022 DI women’s cross country team title, finishing with 114 points. The win gives the Wolfpack back-to-back titles, becoming the first back-to-back DI women’s champion since 2009-2010.
NC State also is the first program since Colorado in 2018 to win both the individual and team title.
| Place | Team | Finishers | Top Runner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NC State | 1-2-13-24-74 | Katelyn Tuohy |
| 2 | New Mexico | 20-23-31-32-34 | Amelia Mazza-Downie |
| 3 | Alabama | 5-8-12-14-127 | Hilda Olemomoi |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 6-11-47-62-75 | Natalie Cook |
| 5 | North Carolina | 15-35-50-54-88 | Kelsey Harrington |
| 6 | Northern Arizona | 3-40-55-78-81 | Elise Stearns |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 7-45-56-69-84 | Olivia Markezich |
| 8 | BYU | 27-29-58-59-90 | Aubrey Frentheway |
| 9 | Virginia | 37-39-46-53-93 | Mia Barnett |
| 10 | Georgetown | 19-33-48-72-99 | Maggie Donahue |