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Evans Kurui and Zenah Cheptoo to compete at NCAA Cross Country Championships
November 20, 2024 | Cross Country
MADISON, Wisc. – Evans Kurui and Zenah Cheptoo will head to Madison, Wisc. for the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course. Zenah will race in the women's race at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time/7:20 a.m. Pacific Time. Evans will compete in the men's race at 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time/8:10 a.m. Pacific Time. Admission to the event will be $20 per person, and parking will be $5 per vehicle.
There were 38 individuals selected to participate in each championship, along with the 31 teams that are participating through automatic qualification and at-large selection. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their region.
This is the first time that a Coug will be racing in the NCAA Cross Country Championships since Amir Ado in 2021. That race was held in Tallahassee, Florida, and Ado ran a 31:06.3.
For up-to-date information, follow WSU Cross Country on social media.
Last Time Out:
There were 38 individuals selected to participate in each championship, along with the 31 teams that are participating through automatic qualification and at-large selection. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their region.
This is the first time that a Coug will be racing in the NCAA Cross Country Championships since Amir Ado in 2021. That race was held in Tallahassee, Florida, and Ado ran a 31:06.3.
For up-to-date information, follow WSU Cross Country on social media.
Last Time Out:
- Evans Kurui won the West Regional with a time of 28:53.7 in the men's 10k to qualify for the National Championship.
- Zenah Cheptoo (19:46.8) finished in the top-10 of the women's 6k at the West Regionals to also qualify for the National Championship.
- Brian Barsaiya finished in 42nd with a time of 29:58.1.
- Zenah Cheptoo, Nicole Bissell, Jessica Duran, and Sabrina Colbert all ran personal bests in the 6k race.
- Evans Kurui, Evan Bruce, and Leo Cook all ran personal bests in the 10k race.
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