Texas Tech Athletics
NCAA Mountain Region Championships
November 12, 2026 | Cross Country
The NCAA Mountain Region Championships will be held in Albuquerque
LUBBOCK, Texas โ The Texas Tech cross country team travels to Albuquerque, N.M. for the 2026 NCAA Mountain Region Championships Friday morning at the UNM North Golf Course.
Meet Coverage
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Live results
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Meet central
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Women's 6k โ Noon CT
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Men's 10k โ 1 pm CT
Regional Knowledge
The regional championships help teams advance to the Division I cross country championships each year. The top two teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.
If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, it will have to rely on the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. Only two individual at-larges are selected, making a strong regional performance pivotal to advancing toward a national title.
Individual selections are a different story. From the regional, the first four finishers who do not belong to an automatic qualifier or an at-large team automatically advance to the championships. 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
In The Know
Friday morning will be the first 10k race of the season for Titus Kimaru. Last season, in his first cross country regional race, Kimaru finished 40th with a time of 29:07.2. In the process, he punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships. Lily Mather will be looking to do the same for a second-straight season. In 2025, she ran a 6k time of 21:07.4 to place 24th overall. ย
