The top two finishing teams on the men’s and women’s sides would earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Finals, to be held Saturday, Nov.
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What: NCAA will announce individual and team participants, men and women, for the 2021 finals in Tallahassee.
The ninth and final regional of the day brought plenty of drama in Provo, Utah.
Northern Arizona is the defending men’s champion and has won the title in four of the last five seasons.
Oklahoma State will have both of its cross country teams in the field of the NCAA finals after its men’s team won its event and the women placed second in theirs.
The Notre Dame men won with a score of 37, and the women won with 56.
The Arkansas Razorbacks finished 1-2 in the South Central regional of the 2021 DI cross country championships.
A pair of ACC programs won the Southeast regional ahead of the 2021 DI cross country championships.
From each NCAA regional meet, the first four student-athletes, not on a qualifying team, to finish will be automatic qualifiers to the NCAA championships meet.
With everything considered, that’s 18 teams automatically qualifying for the championship races plus 13 at-large teams, which are selected by the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee.
As for the individuals, 36 will automatically qualify for the championship races by being one of the top four regional finishers not on an advancing team.
After taking place in the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19 postponements, the DI men’s and women’s cross country championships are back in the fall of this year.
20, one week after the selection show, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, where Florida State will serve as host.
For Northern Arizona, the Lumberjacks have built quite a dynasty, winning four men’s titles in five seasons, including a three-peat from 2016-18.