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The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, Nov. 18 at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville, Va. The meet is hosted by the University of Virginia. The Pac-12 enters the 2023 National Meet with seven total teams and a trio of individuals across the men’s and women’s competitions.

2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S & WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, Nov. 18 – Charlottesville, Va.
Panorama Farms

RACE SCHEDULE
Women’s 6k: 7:20 a.m. PT / 10:20 a.m. ET
Men’s 10k: 8:10 a.m. PT / 11:10 a.m. ET

LIVE COVERAGE
TV: ESPNU
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MEET CENTRAL

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Panorama Farms is a privately owned farm of 850 acres located off Earlysville Road, approximately six miles from the Grounds of the University of Virginia. The property has nine miles of cut grass trails and 30 miles of wooded mountain bike trails. There are two different 5K courses, as well as a 6K, an 8K and a 10K course each with a common starting line and finish line. The courses are laid out entirely on rolling grass fields that are maintained year-round.

The home of the Virginia cross country teams, Panorama Farms was the site of the 2006 and 2007 ACC Cross Country Championships and the 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships.

NCAA MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP – PAC-12 PREVIEW
PAC-12 TEAM AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
No. 9 Stanford – West Regional Champion (32nd NCAA appearance, 30th consecutive)

PAC-12 TEAM AT-LARGE QUALIFIERS
No. 27 Colorado – 6th at Mountain Regional (53rd NCAA appearance, 32nd consecutive)

PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
Elliot Cook, Oregon – 10th at West Regional

The Pac-12 is represented by a pair of men’s team qualifiers at the NCAA Meet in Stanford and Colorado, ranked ninth and 27th respectively, on the most recent United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings. The programs look to win the league’s 17th all-time national title and first since Colorado repeated in 2013 and 2014.

Two-time defending Pac-12 champion Stanford earned its third-straight victory at the NCAA West Regional Championships on Nov. 10 in Sacramento. The Cardinal were led by senior Ky Robinson, who secured the individual title in the men’s 10k following his first-career Pac-12 individual championship last month. In addition to Stanford’s team title hopes, Robinson looks to add an NCAA cross country crown to his resume that already includes NCAA outdoor titles in the 5000m and 10,000m, both won in 2023.

The Cardinal also benefited at Regionals from a fourth-place finish from senior Cole Sprout and 26th-place showing from true freshman Leo Young, twin brother of 2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Freshman of the Year Lex Young. Stanford seeks its fourth all-time national title and first since the Cardinal repeated in 2002 and 2003.

The Buffaloes earned at-large bid to the NCAA Championships after a sixth-place finish at the Mountain Regional; it’s the 33rd-straight appearance at NCAAs for Colorado and 53rd all-time. Austin Vancil was the Buffs’ top runner at Regionals, crossing in 20th place in the men’s 10k. Colorado has five all-time national team titles on the men’s side. 

Oregon’s Elliot Cook qualified individually for the NCAA Championships after a 10th-place finish at the West Regional. The junior from Powell, Ohio secured a 35-spot improvement from 2022 West Regionals and is set to make his debut appearance at the National Meet in 2023.  

NCAA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP – PAC-12 PREVIEW
PAC-12 TEAM AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
No. 5 Stanford – West Regional Champion (36th NCAA appearance, 31st consecutive)
No. 9 Oregon – West Regional Runners-Up (34th NCAA appearance, 3rd consecutive)

PAC-12 TEAM AT-LARGE QUALIFIERS
No. 10 Washington – 3rd at West Regional (30th NCAA appearance, 17th consecutive)
No. 14 Utah – 3rd at Mountain Regional (6th NCAA appearance, 3rd consecutive)
No. 17 Colorado – 4th at Mountain Regional (33rd NCAA appearance, 15th consecutive)

PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
Kaylee Mitchell, Oregon State – West Regional Champion 
Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Oregon State – 3rd at West Regional

For the 14th time in the last 15 years, the Pac-12 is represented by at least five women’s programs at the NCAA Championships. All five of the Pac-12’s team qualifiers are ranked in the top 17 of the USTFCCCA national poll: No. 5 Stanford, No. 9 Oregon, No. 10 Washington, No. 14 Utah, and No. 17 Colorado. The quintet of teams will race for the league’s 14th national title and first since Colorado’s championship in 2018.

The Cardinal earned their third-straight West Regional title en route to an automatic berth to the National Meet. Stanford regrouped from a second-place finish at Pac-12s and placed each of its scoring five in the top 21 at Regionals, led by junior Lucy Jenks (11th). 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Cross Country Athlete & Freshman of the Year Amy Bunnage was the Cardinal’s second runner at Regionals, crossing in 14th place in front of teammates Sophia Kennedy (15th) and Zofia Dudek (16th).

Oregon earned an automatic bid with a runner-up showing at West Regionals, with junior Maddy Elmore pacing the squad with a fifth-place finish and a 6k time of 19:22.8. The Ducks seek their fifth all-time cross country title on the women’s side, most recently securing the national title in 2016.

2023 Pac-12 champion Washington was third in the West and picked up an at-large bid to the Big Dance, the 17th consecutive NCAA appearance for the Huskies. Pac-12 Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year Maurica Powell looks to guide the Huskies to their first national title since 2008. Notably, Powell was Oregon’s women’s distance coach in 2016 and helped lead the Ducks to a national championship.

Utah and Colorado were the Pac-12’s final at-large qualifiers for the National Meet, finishing third and fourth overall, respectively at the Mountain Regional. The Utes make their sixth all-time appearance at NCAAs and look to improve upon their 12th-place team finish in 2022. Colorado, the Pac-12’s most recent women’s national champion (2018), are back at Nationals for a league-best 33rd consecutive season. Ella Baran paced the Buffs with an 11th-place finish at Regionals, looking to secure All-America acclaim for the second-straight season after a 30th-place finish at the NCAA Meet in 2022. 

Oregon State’s Kaylee Mitchell and Grace Fetherstonhaugh qualified individually for the NCAA Meet after impressive performances at the West Regional. Mitchell won the women’s 6k with a time of 19:08.4, picking up the regional title for the second-straight year. Fetherstonhaugh, the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year, was third overall with a time of 19:15.6. Both Mitchell and Fetherstonhaugh are set to make their fourth-career appearances at the National Meet.