Preview of the 2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship
Nov 16, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship will take place in Tallahassee, Fla. on November 18.
Championship Preview Highlights
- We will see 36 teams and 78 individuals at the 67th Annual Men’s Cross Country National Championship.
- This is the first time that the championship has been hosted in Tallahassee, Fla.
- The 8k race will start at 8:30 a.m. ET at the Apalachee Regional Park.
- The race will be streamed live for the second time this year and can be found HERE. The live stream will be $9.99 for each event.
- The timer will be sending live results HERE. Keep in mind these results are not finalized until after the review period.
- The 2022 men's cross country national champion, Milligan (Tenn.), returns to the championship this year as the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner and was ranked No. 1 in the final poll.
- There are 12 teams attending the national championship that have 10 or more appearances since 2010: College of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), St. Francis (Ill.), The Master’s (Calif.), Aquinas (Mich.), Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Indiana Wesleyan, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Shawnee State (Ohio), Cornerstone (Mich.), Oklahoma City.
- There are four teams attending the national championship for the first time since 2010: Florida College, IU East (Ind.), Lawrence Tech (Mich.), Vanguard (Calif.).
- The NAIA meet record for the 8k is 23:14.0 set by Silah Misoi of Life (Ga.) in 1996.
Team Participation from 2010-2022
School | Qualification Method | Appearances (between 2010-2022) | Last Appearance | Titles |
Aquinas (Mich.) | At-Large | 12 | 2021 | 0 |
Carroll (Mont.) | Frontier Conference Tournament Winner | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
College of Idaho | At-Large | 13 | 2021 | 0 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 10 | 2021 | 0 |
Dakota State (S.D.) | North Star Athletic Association Tournament Winner | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
Dordt (Iowa) | Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 6 | 2021 | 0 |
Eastern Oregon | At-Large | 11 | 2021 | 0 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | California Pacific Conference Tournament Winner | 7 | 2021 | 0 |
Florida College | Continental Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 1 | NA | 0 |
Goshen (Ind.) | At-Large | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
Grace (Ind.) | At-Large | 2 | 2021 | 0 |
Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 3 | 2021 | 0 |
Huntington (Ind.) | At-Large | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads League Tournament Winner | 11 | 2021 | 0 |
IU East (Ind.) | River States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 1 | NA | 0 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | At-Large | 1 | NA | 0 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | At-Large | 13 | 2021 | 0 |
Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 7 | 2021 | 1 |
Missouri Baptist | American Midwest Conference Tournament Winner | 2 | 2021 | 0 |
Montreat College (N.C.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 10 | 2021 | 5 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | At-Large | 11 | 2021 | 0 |
Oregon Tech | At-Large | 8 | 2021 | 0 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 6 | 2021 | 0 |
Philander Smith (Ark.) | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 2 | 2020 | 0 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) | Mid-South Conference Tournament Winner | 11 | 2021 | 0 |
Southeastern (Fla.) | The Sun Conference Tournament Winner | 2 | 2020 | 0 |
Southern Oregon | Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Winner | 12 | 2021 | 2 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) | At-Large | 2 | 2020 | 0 |
St. Francis (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 13 | 2021 | 1 |
St. Mary (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 5 | 2021 | 0 |
Taylor (Ind.) | At-Large | 9 | 2021 | 1 |
The Master's (Calif.) | Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 13 | 2021 | 0 |
Vanguard (Calif.) | At-Large | 1 | NA | 0 |
Westmont (Calif.) | At-Large | 7 | 2021 | 0 |
William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner | 4 | 2021 | 0 |