2019 Men’s Cross Country National Championship Preview
Nov 20, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2019 Men’s Cross Country National Championship will take place in Vancouver, Wash. on November 22.
Championship Preview Highlights (all times Pacific Time)
- We will see 37 teams and 81 individuals at the 64th Annual Men’s Cross Country National Championship.
- This is the sixth year that the championship has been hosted in Vancouver, Wash.
- The Cascade Collegiate Conference serves as the host for the championship.
- The 8k race will start at 10:30 a.m. at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The race will not be streamed live
- The awards ceremony will be streamed live and can be found HERE. The ceremony will start at approximately 1:00 p.m.
- The timer will be sending live results HERE. Keep in mind these results are not finalized until after the review period.
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is the only national park unit in the Portland-metro area, in sight of snowy mountain peaks and a vibrant urban landscape, this park has a rich cultural past. From a frontier fur-trading post to a powerful military legacy, the magic of flight, and the origin of the American Pacific Northwest. The park preserves and interprets stories of transition, settlement, conflict, and community.
- The 2018 men’s cross country national champions, Oklahoma City, returns to the championship and enters the field as No. 1 in the latest Top 25 poll. The Stars have held the No. 1 rank for the entire 2019 season.
- The defending national champions will be looking to capture their fifth national title and second consecutive title.
- 2018 individual champion, Colin DeYoung of Cornerstone (Mich.), is not returning to the 2019 championship as he was a redshirt this season.
- College of Idaho, Southern Oregon and Then Master’s (Calif.) have all attended the national championship for the last 10 years.
- There are six teams that are attending the national championship for the first recorded time over the last 10 years: Antelope Valley (Calif.), College of the Ozarks (Mo.), Doane (Neb.), Hope International (Calif.), Loyola (La.) and Northwest (Wash.)
- The NAIA meet record for the 8k is 23:14.0 set by Silah Misoi of Life (Ga.) in 1996.
For another look at the qualifiers list CLICK HERE
Team Participation from 2010-2019
| School | Appearances |
| Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 1 |
| Baker (Kan.) | 4 |
| College of Idaho | 10 |
| College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 1 |
| Columbia (Mo.) | 7 |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | 7 |
| Dakota State (S.D.) | 2 |
| Doane (Neb.) | 1 |
| Dordt (Iowa) | 3 |
| Eastern Oregon | 9 |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 6 |
| Goshen (Ind.) | 2 |
| Hope International (Calif.) | 1 |
| Huntington (Ind.) | 2 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | 8 |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 9 |
| Loyola (La.) | 1 |
| Milligan (Tenn.) | 3 |
| Montreat (N.C.) | 2 |
| Northwest (Wash.) | 1 |
| Oklahoma City | 7 |
| Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 9 |
| Oregon Tech | 5 |
| Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 4 |
| Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 3 |
| Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 2 |
| SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 4 |
| Shawnee State (Ohio) | 8 |
| Southern Oregon | 10 |
| St. Francis (Ill.) | 9 |
| St. Mary (Kan.) | 3 |
| Taylor (Ind.) | 6 |
| The Masters (Calif.) | 10 |
| Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 6 |
| West Virginia Tech | 2 |
| William Woods (Mo.) | 3 |
| Xavier (La.) | 4 |
