Preview of the 2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship

Preview of the 2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2022 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship will take place in Tallahassee, Fla. on November 18.

Championship Preview Highlights

  • We will see 36 teams and 90 individuals at the 43rd Annual NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship.
  • This is the first year that the championship has been hosted in Tallahassee, Fla.
  • The 5k race will start at 9:30 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 and the cost for each race will be $9.99.
  • The timer will be sending live results HERE. Keep in mind these results are not finalized until after the review period.
  • The defending national champion, Milligan (Tenn.), returns to the championship field in 2022 as the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner.
  • Defending individual champion, Alyssa Bearzi of Milligan (Tenn.), returns to the field with her team.
  • There are 10 teams in the 2022 championship field with 10 appearances at a championship since 2010: College of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Milligan (Tenn.), Aquinas (Mich.), Carroll (Mont.), Dordt (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, St. Francis (Ill.), Oklahoma City, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
  • There are two teams in the 2022 championship field that are making their first appearance from 2010-2022: Dillard (La.), Truett McConnell (Ga.)

Team Participation from 2010-2022

School Qualification Appearances (between 2010-2022) Last Appearance Titles
Aquinas (Mich.) At-Large 12 2021 0
Benedictine (Kan.) Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 6 2021 0
Carroll (Mont.) Frontier Conference Tournament Winner 12 2021 0
College of Idaho Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Winner 13 2021 0
Concordia (Neb.) At-Large 3 2019 0
Cornerstone (Mich.) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 7 2021 0
Cumberlands (Ky.) Mid-South Conference Tournament Winner 3 2021 0
Dillard (La.) Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 1 NA 0
Dordt (Iowa) Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 11 2021 0
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) California Pacific Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 5 2020 0
Grace (Ind.) At-Large 2 2021 0
Haskell (Kan.) Continental Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 2 2012 0
Hastings (Neb.) Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up 5 2021 0
Huntington (Ind.) At-Large 5 2021 0
Indiana Tech At-Large 6 2021 0
Indiana Wesleyan At-Large 11 2021 0
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) At-Large 13 2021 0
Milligan (Tenn.) Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 13 2021 1
Montreat (N.C.) Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up 3 2021 0
Oklahoma City Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 10 2021 0
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) At-Large 10 2021 0
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 5 2019 0
Point Park (Pa.) River States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 5 2019 0
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) At-Large 3 2021 0
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) The Sun Conference Tournament Winner 9 2021 0
Southeastern (Fla.) At-Large 4 2020 0
Southern Oregon At-Large 9 2021 0
St. Francis (Ill.) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 11 2021 1
St. Mary (Kan.) Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 6 2021 0
Taylor (Ind.) Crossroads Leage Tournament Winner 9 2021 0
The Master's (Calif.) Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 9 2021 0
Truett McConnell (Ga.) At-Large 1 NA 0
Viterbo (Wis.) North Star Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 3 2020 0
Westmont (Calif.) At-Large 8 2017 0
William Carey (Miss.) Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner 2 NA 0
William Woods (Mo.) American Midwest Conference Tournament Winner 5 2021 0

Championship Information

NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship

45th ANNUAL
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
November 22, 2024
Columbia, Missouri