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2024 DI cross country regional championships: Results, auto bids, highlights

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2024 DI women's cross country South regional — final stretch
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8:23 pm, November 15, 2024

2024 DI cross country regional recap, auto bids 🎟

2024 DI women's cross country South regional — final stretch

All nine of the 2024 DI cross country regional championships were held Friday, Nov. 15. Teams competed for regional titles and an automatic bid to the DI national championships. We saw over seven hours of continuous cross country races, with big names stepping up to deliver championship-level performances. Check out the results below.

Regional Championship Women's Team Winner Men's Team Winner Results
Great Lakes Notre Dame Notre Dame
Mid-Atlantic West Virginia Villanova
Midwest Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
Mountain BYU BYU
Northeast Providence Syracuse
South Alabama Alabama
South Central Arkansas Arkansas
Southeast NC State Virginia
West Oregon Washington

Automatic bids

The top two finishing teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. Here are the automatic qualifying teams.

Region WoMen's Auto Bids Men's Auto Bids
Great Lakes
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Wisconsin
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Wisconsin
Mid-Atlantic
  1. West Virginia
  2. Georgetown
  1. Villanova
  2. Princeton
Midwest
  1. Oklahoma State
  2. Minnesota
  1. Oklahoma State
  2. Iowa State
Mountain
  1. BYU
  2. Northern Arizona
  1. BYU
  2. New Mexico
Northeast
  1. Providence
  2. Syracus
  1. Syracuse
  2. Harvard
South
  1. Alabama
  2. Florida
  1. Alabama
  2. Ole Miss
South Central
  1. Arkansas
  2. Texas
  1. Arkansas
  2. Tulane
Southeast
  1. Virginia
  2. North Carolina
  1. NC State
  2. Virginia
West
  1. Oregon
  2. Stanford
  1. Washington
  2. Oregon

The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. While the at-large teams won't be decided until the selection show at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 16, here's a look at the top four finishers from non-AQ teams in each region.

Region WoMen's Top Four Men's Top Four
Great Lakes
  1. Mercy Kinyanjui 
    Toledo 
  2. Rachel Forsyth 
    Michigan State
  3. Emily Paupore 
    Central Michigan
  4. Laura Nicholson 
    Toledo
  1. William Zegarski 
    Butler
  2. Douglas Buckeridge 
    Purdue
  3. Dominic Serem 
    Toledo
  4. Bismack Kipchirchir 
    Akron
Mid-Atlantic
  1. Sadie Sigfstead
    Villanova
  2. Florence Caron
    Penn State 
  3. Gwenno Goode
    La Salle 
  4. Rose Coats
    Maryland 
  1. Dylan Throop
    Penn
  2. Brian DiCola
    Penn State 
  3. MacCallum Rowe
    La Salle
  4. Luke Johnson
    Penn
Midwest
  1. Leah Jeruto
    Oklahoma
  2. Maelle Porcher
    Iowa State
  3. Ali Bainbridge
    Nebraska
  4. Halle Hill
    Illinois
  1. Abraham Chelangam
    Oral Roberts
  2. Thobias Cheruiyot
    Oklahoma
  3. William Sinclair
    Illinois State
  4. Carson Noecker
    South Dakota State
Mountain
  1. Pamela Kosgei
    New Mexico
  2. Juliet Cherubet
    Texas Tech
  3. Regina Mpigachai
    Northern Colordado
  4. Mercy Kirarei
    New Mexico
  1. Solomon Kipchoge
    Texas Tech
  2. Ernest Cheruiyot
    Texas Tech
  3. David Mullarkey
    Northern Arizona
  4. Corey Gorgas
    Northern Arizona
Northeast
  1. Chloe Thomas
    UConn 
  2. Phoebe Anderson
    Columbia
  3. Jenna Zydanowicz
    UConn
  4. Vera Sjoberg 
    Boston University 
  1. Matt Rankin
    Iona
  2. Lachlan Wellington
    Iona
  3. Derek Amicon
    Cornell
  4. Nathan Davis
    Army
South
  1. Agnes McTighe
    Florida State
  2. Bieke Schipperen
    Florida State 
  3. Loral Winn
    Ole Miss
  4. Ashley Jones
    Tennessee
  1. Christopher Middleton-Pearson
    Tennessee
  2. Allan Kiplagat
    Middle Tennessee State 
  3. Nickson Chebii
    Auburn
  4. Ryan Kinnane
    Auburn
South Central
  1. Caroline Jeptanui
    Tulane
  2. Blezzin Kimutai
    Tulane
  3. Lorena Rangel Batres
    LSU
  4. Mercy Kipchumba
    Stephen F. Austin
  1. Isaac Alonzo
    Texas
  2. Jacob Pyeatt
    Arkansas State
  3. Dominic Kiptum
    Texas A&M-CC
  4. Griffin Neal
    UIW
Southeast
  1. Silvia Jelego
    Clemson
  2. Judy Kosgei
    Clemson
  3. Gladys Chepngetich
    Clemson
  4. Adelyn Fairley
    Liberty
  1. George Couttie
    Virginia Tech
  2.     Justine Kipkoech
    Eastern Kentucky
  3. Dylan Schubert
    Furman
  4. Collins Kiprop Kipngok
    Kentucky
West
  1. Rosina Machu
    Gonzaga
  2. Judy Chepkoech
    Arizona State
  3. Laura Pellicoro
    Portland
  4. Kaiya Robertson
    Boise State
  1. Evans Kurui
    Washington State
  2. Matt Strangio
    Portland
  3. Valentin Soca
    California Baptist
  4. Cole Sprout
    Stanford
8:22 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Mountain regional men: Texas Tech's Solomon Kipchoge, BYU team wins titles

Texas Tech's Solomon Kipchoge won the men's individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 28:55.9. BYU won the team title with runners finishing 4-6-8-9-25. New Mexico finished second with runners in 2-7-10-16-26 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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8:21 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - West regional men: Washington State's Evans Kurui, Washington team wins titles

Washington State's Evans Kurui won the men's individual title, finishing the West regional in 28:53.7. Washington won the team title with runners finishing 7-9-14-15-21. Oregon finished second with runners in 5-8-11-16-28 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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7:30 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Mountain regional women: New Mexico's Pamela Kosgei, BYU team wins titles

New Mexico's Pamela Kosgei won the women's individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 19:30.9. BYU won the team title with runners finishing 5-8-9-10-20. Northern Arizona finished second with runners in 4-6-15-17-23 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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7:28 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - West regional women: Stanford's Amy Bunnage, Oregon team wins titles

Stanford's Amy Bunnage won the women's individual title, finishing the West regional in 19:17.1. Oregon won the team title with runners finishing 2-3-7-12-22. Stanford finished second with runners in 1-6-13-16-35 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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6:33 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Mid-Atlanic regional men: Villanova's Liam Murphy, Wildcats team win titles

Villanova's Liam Murphy won the men's individual title, finishing the Mid-Atlanic regional in 29:22.8. Villanova also won the team title with runners finishing 1-2-9-13-25.

Princeton and Georgetown tied for second with 80 points each, but the Tigers won the tiebreaker and the automatic qualifying bid with their top-three runners crossing the line first.

Second-place tiebreaker

  • Princeton finishers: 7-10-14-22-27
  • Georgetown finishers: 11-12-16-17-24

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6:31 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Midwest regional men: Oklahoma State's Denis Kipngetich, Cowboys team win titles

Oklahoma State's Denis Kipngetich won the men's individual title, finishing the Midwest regional in 28:51.5. Oklahoma State also won the team title with runners finishing 1-2-5-6-11. Iowa State finished second with runners in 3-4-10-12-14 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:37 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Northeast regional men: Harvard's Graham Blanks, Syracuse team win titles

2023 DI cross country men's individual champion Graham Blanks will get a chance to defend his title in 2024 after he won the Northeast regional individual title in 29:34.65.

Syracuse won the team title, finishing 2-8-18-19-28. Harvard finished second with runners in 1-10-15-35-36 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. 

5:28 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Great Lakes regional men: Butler's William Zegarski, Notre Dame team win titles

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Butler's William Zegarski won the men's individual title, finishing the Great Lakes regional in 29:12.7. Notre Dame swept the team titles, with the men finishing 5-10-13-18-24. Wisconsin finished second with runners in 14-15-16-17-20 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. 

5:26 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Midwest regional women: Oklahoma's Leah Jeruto, Oklahoma State team wins titles

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Oklahoma's Leah Jeruto won the women's individual title, finishing the Midwest regional in 19:42.9. Oklahoma State won the team title with runners finishing 4-7-10-13-27. Minnesota finished second with runners in 2-11-15-16-32 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:22 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Mid-Atlantic regional women: West Virginia's Ceili McCabe, Mountaineer team win titles

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West Virginia's Ceili McCabe won the women's individual title, finishing the Mid-Atlantic regional in 19:11.2. The Mountaineers also won the team title with runners finishing 1-6-10-11-13. Georgetown finished second with runners in 2-5-16-17-18 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:57 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Southeast regional men: Virginia Tech's George Couttie, Virginia team win titles

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Virginia Tech's George Couttie won the men's individual title, finishing the Southeast regional in 29:41.7. Virginia won the team title, with the women finishing 8-9-17-19-26. North Carolina finished second with runners in 5-6-21-22-31 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. 

4:38 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Great Lakes regional women: Toledo's Mercy Kinyanjui, Notre Dame team wins titles

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Toledo's Mercy Kinyanjui won the women's individual title, finishing the Great Lakes regional in 19:29.7. Notre Dame won the team title with runners finishing 3-5-9-14-20. Wisconsin finished second with runners in 12-16-17-22-30 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid, holding off Toledo by three points.

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4:36 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - Northeast regional women: UConn's Chloe Thomas, Providence team wins titles

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UConn's Chloe Thomas won the women's individual title, finishing the Northeast regional in 19:23.09. Providence won the team title with runners finishing 3-4-5-10-29. Syracuse finished second with runners in 9-17-19-28-32 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. 

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4:34 pm, November 15, 2024

RESULTS - South Central regional men: Arkansas' Kirami Yego, Razorback team win titles

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Arkansas' Kirami Yego won the men's individual title, finishing the South Central regional in 29:09.4. The Razorbacks also won the team title, with the men finishing 1-2-3-11-12.

Tulane finished second, just one point behind Arkansas, with runners in 5-6-8-21-30 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. It's the second time in program history that the Green Wave made the NCAA final site championships as a team and the first since 1998.