TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The Colorado men and Providence women won NCAA cross-country titles Saturday.
This was Colorado’s fourth men’s title, all since 2001 under coach Mark Wetmore. The No. 3 ranked Buffaloes had 149 points at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course to hold off No. 2 Northern Arizona (169).
Oregon freshman Edward Cheserek fought through a wind chill in the teens to catch defending champion Kennedy Kithuka of Texas Tech. Cheserek, Oregon’s first freshman NCAA cross country champion, finished the 10,000-meter race in 29 minutes, 41.1 seconds.
The top-ranked Providence women took the NCAA title in the 6,000-meter race. The Friars had 141 points and No. 2 Arizona had 197.
Abbey D’Agostino of Dartmouth won her fifth NCAA title in distance running but first in cross country. She overtook Kate Avery of Iona and Emma Bates of Boise State with less than 1.2 miles left.
