Red Raiders set for NCAA Cross Country Championships
November 22, 2024 | Cross Country
Tech will be represented on both the men’s and women’s side for a second-straight year
LUBBOCK, Texas – Juliet Cherubet will make her second-straight NCAA Cross Country Championship appearance this Saturday, while Ernest Cheruiyot and Solomon Kipchoge run in the event for the first time. The NCAA meet this year is hosted by Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course for the first time since 2018.
The women's 6k championship race will begin at 9:20 am, while the men's 10k race is set to go at 10:10 am.
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It's the second-consecutive year that Tech sends at least three runners to the NCAA meet. Along with Cherubet in 2023, Anastasia Chepkorir and Gideon Kiplimo all earned bids.
Each Red Raider punched their ticket to the championship as one of the top-placing individuals at the regional race this past weekend in Reno, Nev. Kipchoge won the 10k at the Mountain Region race as Cheruiyot finished third overall. Meanwhile, Cherubet placed second overall. The first four runners who placed inside the top-25 that were not part of the top-2 automatic qualifying teams, earned a spot at the final site.
Up to this point in the season, Cherubet holds a personal best of 18:37.0 in the 6k, having finished each of her six races in the top-2 (three wins). Kipchoge, on the other hand, has four races under his belt with three victories and one second-place outing (Big 12 Championships). He won the Mountain Region meet last week – his first 10k of the year which he clocked in at 28:55.9.
In six races this season for Cheruiyot, all have finished in the top-5, including two wins. He holds a personal best of 29:17.6 in the 10k as he placed third last weekend in Reno.
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