2021 NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship Preview
Nov 17, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2021 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship will take place in Vancouver, Wash. on November 19.
Championship Preview Highlights
- We will see 36 teams and 90 individuals at the 42nd Annual NAIA Women’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 5k race will start at 11:30 a.m. PT at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Championship Course.
- The race will be streamed live for the second time this year and can be found HERE
- The timer will be sending live results HERE. Keep in mind these results are not finalized until after the review period.
- There are eight teams that have 10 or more appearances since 2010: College of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Milligan (Tenn.), Aquinas (Mich.), Carroll (Mont.), Dordt (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, St. Francis (Ill.)
- There are four teams attending the national championship for the first time since 2010: Grace (Ind.), Montana Tech, Multnomah (Wash.), St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.)
- The NAIA meet record for the 5k is 16:24.28 set by Aminat Olowora of Oklahoma City in 2016
Team Participation from 2010-2021
| School | Qualification Method |
| Aquinas (Mich.) | At-large |
| Benedictine (Kan.) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Champion |
| Carroll (Mont.) | Frontier Conference Champion |
| College of Idaho | Cascade Collegiate Conference Champion |
| Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest Conference Champion |
| Corenerstone (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Champion |
| Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South Conference Champion |
| Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States Athletic Conference Champion |
| Dickinson State (N.D.) | North Star Conference Champion |
| Dordt (Iowa) | Great Plains Athletic Conference Champion |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | California Pacific Conference Champion |
| Grace (Ind.) | At-large |
| Hastings (Neb.) | Great Plains Athletic Conference Runner-Up |
| Huntington (Ind.) | At-large |
| Indiana Tech | At-large |
| Indiana Wesleyan | At-large |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | At-large |
| Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Champion |
| Montana Tech | At-large |
| Montreat (N.C.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Runner-Up |
| Multnomah (Wash.) | Host |
| Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference Champion |
| Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | At-large |
| Oregon Tech | At-large |
| Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | At-large |
| SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | The Sun Conference Conference Champion |
| Southern Oregon | At-large |
| St. Francis (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion |
| St. Francis (Ind.) | At-large |
| St. Mary (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion |
| St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) | River States Conference Champion |
| Taylor (Ind.) | Crossroads League Champion |
| The Master's (Calif.) | Golden State Athletic Conference Champion |
| Vanguard (Calif.) | At-large |
| Westmont (Calif.) | At-large |
| William Woods (Mo.) | At-large |
