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It was just a few days ago at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge where the Cougars beat the Lumberjacks in a head-to-head matchup that featured not just the top-2 programs from the final National Coaches’ Poll of the 2020 fall segment, but four others as well (No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 18 Washington, No. 24 Weber State and No. 27 Air Force were also in the field). BYU edged NAU by five points as it put four runners in the top-10, led by Conner Mantz’s individual title. This was the second ti...

Twelve teams that were ranked in the most recent NCAA Division I Cross Country National Coaches’ Polls descended on the Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas today for the Silver State Collegiate Cross Country Challenge. BYU completed the sweep as the second-ranked men and third-ranked women took home team titles. Keep reading below to find out what happened in the City of Lights. Men’s Recap Northern Arizona put on a racing clinic on Monday. The top-2 teams in the most recent Natio...

BYU Upsets #1 NAU as Conner Mantz Wins, Nico Young Impresses, & BYU Sweeps Team Titles at Silver State Challenge in Vegas February 1, 2021 Believe it or not, we’re exactly six weeks away from the NCAA Cross Country Championships. If this were a normal cross country season, it would be October 10 right now — a week before the Wisconsin/Pre-Nats Invites. Things are starting to get serious. On Saturday, the Wisconsin men and Michigan State women won the Big 10 XC championships. And today, we s...

Top 25-ranked BYU track teams look to continue early success The BYU men’s and women’s track teams head into their third meet of the season ranked in the newly-released U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll. The men’s team is ranked No. 4 and the women’s team is No. 24. Both track teams are looking to use the rankings as a source of motivation at the UW Preview and Weber State Invitational, both of which start on Friday, Jan. 29. “That’s that goal we have, w...

LSU, No. 4 Tennessee. The Razorbacks are taking full advantage of a favorable schedule that doesn’t see them leave the friendly confines of the refurbished Randal Tyson Track Center this season. Arkansas athletes have put up ten different top-10 marks nationally, including top-5 marks from Amon Kemboi in the mile (No. 1, 3:58.26) and Ryan Brown in the triple jump (No. 5, 15.96m/52-4½). Like the Razorbacks, the North Carolina-based Aggies hit the ground running. N.C. A&T owns seven top-10 ...

Track Is Back, Baby! Athing Mu 2:01, Selemon Barega 27:58 at 7,700 Feet, & Recapping Track’s First Big Weekend of 2021 January 19, 2021 Maybe it’s because it has felt like ages since we’ve had a full weekend of track & field action. Maybe it’s because there were a slew of athletes bursting at the seams for an opportunity to compete…because it  has been ages since we’ve had a full weekend of track & field action with meets being scaled back because of COVID-19. Whatever the reason, ...