XC Heads North for NCAA Midwest Regionals

NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma men's and women's cross country teams are set for the NCAA Midwest Regional hosted by Iowa State at the Iowa State Cross Country Course in Ames, Iowa Friday morning.

The Sooner women will run a 6K at 11 a.m. CT, followed by the men in a 10K at noon CT. Seven women and six Sooner men will compete Friday.

At the 2026 SEC Cross Country Championship Friday, Oct. 13, Domtila Cheruto and Sanae Hassnaoui earned All-SEC honors and the women scored 195 points to secure their highest team finish as a member of the SEC and best at a conference meet since 2022. For the men, Ronald Ngetich paced the Sooner men, earning 24th place.

The OU men's and women's squads race for a chance to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 21. The top-two teams at the regional automatically qualify, while the rest of the qualifiers are announced at the selection show Saturday, Nov. 14. The NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee will choose 14 at-large teams to fill out the 32-team field, then individuals are selected based on the first four finishers who do not belong to an automatic qualifier or an at-large team. All four finishers have to finish in the top 25 within their region. Altogether, 36 individuals automatically qualify and two are chosen at-large, making 38 the grand total. The two at-large selections are the highest placing individuals at a regional that were not automatic qualifiers.

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