Preview of the 2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship

Preview of the 2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship

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

Championship Information