UNM Men and Women Cross Country Teams Win NCAA Mountain Regional Championships
Both squads secured automatic national championship bids after posting dominant scores of 45 and 35 points respectively in the regional meet, officials said.
- On Friday, November 13, 2026, collegiate cross country teams competed at Milliken Research Park in Spartanburg, S.C., for the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, featuring women's 6k and men's 10k races.
- The top two teams in each regional automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships; the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee then selects 14 at-large teams to fill the 32-team national field.
- UNC's Caden Leonard placed ninth in his first collegiate 10k to earn All-Region honors, while Katelyn Rupe paced the women's squad, finishing 35th in a field of 269 competitors.
- Following Friday's races, teams await their postseason fate at the 2026 NCAA Cross Country Selection Show on Saturday, where regional performance influences the committee's at-large decisions.
- The NCAA Championships are scheduled for Saturday, November 21, in Terre Haute, Indiana, where advancing qualifiers will compete to conclude the 2026 collegiate cross country season.
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