Cowboys Finish Sixth, Cowgirls Twelfth to Wrap NCAA Mountain Regional

RENO, Nev. (November 15, 2024) – The University of Wyoming men’s cross country program ran to a sixth-place team finish and the women took 12th at the NCAA Mountain Regional on Friday at the Washoe Golf Course. Teams will wait for Saturday’s Selection Show to see if they make the NCAA Championships.

The gun sounded for the women’s 6k race at noon on a snowy course and senior Kylie Simshauser led the way for the Cowgirls at the 0.9k and 2.2k checkpoints at third and fifth, respectively. As the race progressed, senior Leah Christians took over for Wyoming and finished the race first for the Cowgirls in 52nd with a time of 21:04.0. Coming next for the team was senior Abigail Whitman and Simshauser finishing back-to-back in 58th and 59th with times of 21:12.3 and 21.12.4, respectively. Junior Madelyn Blazo finished in 70th for the Cowgirls with a time of 21:26.7 and junior Hailey Uhre came in 90th, crossing the line at 21:53.2 to cap off the scoring five. Right after Uhre was junior Eowyn Dalbec in 91st with her time of 21:56.8. Graduate Marina Trave Ferrer closed out the Cowgirl finishers with her time of 22:56.1 for 117th overall.

The Cowgirls finished 12th in the team standings with 329 points. With this, they also finished 12th in the final U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mountain Region Ranking. The full women’s results can be found here.

The Cowboys were led by junior Jacob White in the 10k, finishing in 19th with a time of 29:43.2 for the 11th-best time in program history. He was followed by senior Ryker Holtzen in 32nd at a time of 29:59.1 for the No. 15 time in program history. Next for the Cowboys was senior Mason Norman coming in 37th and crossing the line at 30:02.3. Senior Gus McIntyre showed out and made his way back into the scoring five with his time of 30:17.1 for a 43rd-place finish and rounding out the five was senior Dylan van der Hock crossing the line 54th with a time of 30:31.1, a personal best in the 10k. Two more Cowboys finished the race with senior Trevor Stephen running to 68th at 31:01.7 and senior Asefa Wetzel finishing 73rd with a time of 31:07.2.

With the conclusion of the Mountain Regional, the Cowboys were ranked sixth in the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Poll heading into Selection Saturday. The full men’s results can be found here.

Pokes will be watching tomorrow at 3 p.m. MT, to see if they make the NCAA Championships in Madison, Wis., on Saturday, Nov. 23. The show will be streamed on the front page of the NCAA website.

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Update: Cowboys Receive At-Large Bid to NCAA Cross Country Championships

INDIANAPOLIS (November 16, 2024) – The University of Wyoming men’s cross country program received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, announced by the NCAA on Saturday. This will be only the seventh time the Cowboys run at the championship as a team and their first time back since 2018 when they finished 12th.

The Cowboys finished sixth at the NCAA Mountain Regional on Friday with 185 points. Junior Jacob White was the first to cross the line for Wyoming with a time of 29:43.2 for 19th overall. The scoring five finished 19-32-37-43-54 with two others coming in 68th and 73rd.

Six teams, BYU, Colorado, New Mexico, Northern Arizona, Utah State and Wyoming were all selected from the Mountain region to run at the championships. Only the Mountain and Southeast regions had six teams selected. The West region had four teams, the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest had three teams each while the Northeast, South and South Central regions only had two.

Cowboys will run in the 10k at 9:10 a.m. MT on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Madison, Wis. The event will be streamed on ESPNU and the ESPN app starting at 7:30 a.m. MT.

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