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UNM Men and Women Cross Country Teams Win NCAA Mountain Regional Championships

Both UNM squads won regional titles with low team scores and automatic NCAA qualification after the women finished 1-2-3 and the men placed four of the top six.

  • On Friday, the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships took place at Milliken Research Park Center in Spartanburg, S.C., featuring women's 6K and men's 10K races.
  • The top two teams in each regional automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, while the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee selects 14 at-large teams to complete the 32-team field.
  • Led by true freshman Caden Leonard, North Carolina Tar Heels recorded two top-10 team finishes, with Leonard placing ninth in the 10K to earn All-Region honors.
  • Duke's men's team, led by graduate student Finlay Ross-Davie, competed in the 10K while the women's squad entered ranked 19th nationally following their ACC Championships performance.
  • Teams now await the 2026 NCAA Cross Country Selection Show on Saturday to determine postseason fate before the NCAA Championships on Nov. 21 in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics broke the news on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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