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New Mexico Welcomes Nation's Best For NCAA Mountain Region Championships
Lobo men look to keep rolling after gutty MWC Championship performance.
Nov. 12, 2002
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico will be the proud host of one of the premier cross country competitions in the nation on Saturday, Nov. 16, when it welcomes 18 schools for the 2002 NCAA Men¹s and Women¹s Mountain Region Cross Country Championships Some of the country¹s finest distance running talent will be on display at the UNM North Golf Course as a field of 245 men and women, including UNM head coach Matt Henry¹s homegrown Lobos, will compete for the right to represent their universities at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 25 in Terre Haute, Ind. The meet opens with the women¹s 6,000-meter run at 10 a.m. (MST), followed by the men¹s 8,000 meters at 11:15. Admission and parking are free. Of the Mountain region¹s 17 men¹s and 18 women¹s teams, only the top two finishing schools in the men¹s and women¹s races and the top four individual finishers not on a qualifying team will earn automatic bids to the NCAA meet. Thirteen additional teams and two individuals from the nine national regions will be selected at-large on Nov. 18.
Led by the defending 2001 NCAA Champion Colorado men and Brigham Young
women, the Mountain region is widely known as one of the best, if not the
best, regional field in the country. Throughout the 2002 season, as many as
nine men¹s and six women¹s squads in the region have been ranked in the
national polls this season, including the New Mexico men¹s team. In the
most recent national coaches poll, seven of the region¹s 17 men¹s teams
were ranked among the top-30, including six in the top-15. No other region
can boast more than three squads in the top-15. On the women¹s side,
top-ranked BYU is one of four ranked Mountain region squads, including
three in the top-10, which is tops in the country.
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