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#PackXC to Conclude Season at NCAA Championships Saturday
11/16/2018 8:56:00 AM | Cross Country
November 16, 2018
MADISON, Wis. – After securing automatic bids to Nationals with their wins at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, the NC State cross country squads will wrap up the 2018 season as they compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday. The meet will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wis.
The Wolfpack women will make their 32nd NCAA Championships appearance, the most in NCAA history, while this marks the 29th time that NC State's men will be in action at the national meet.
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meet Central | Live Streaming | Live Results
The NCAA Championships will kick off with the women's 6K final, which is set to begin at 11:45 a.m. EST. The starting gun for the men's championship 10K is slated to go off at 12:45 p.m. EST. The presentation of awards is scheduled for immediately following the race.
2017 REWIND:
In 2017, NC State's women advanced to the NCAA Championships after winning the Southeast Region and went on to place eighth at the national meet. It marked the third-straight top-10 finish for the squad. Elly Henes led the way for the Pack, finishing 32nd to earn recognition as an All-American for the first time in her cross country career.
After earning an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Championships, the Wolfpack men finished 17th, solidifying the program's highest national finish since 2011.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Wolfpack swept the NCAA Southeast Regional last Friday in Rock Hill, S.C. NC State was one of three programs to sweep its region and earn both of its teams automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.
The Pack women won their third straight regional title. In addition to the team's first-place finish, all five scorers garnered All-Region honors as Elly Henes, Dominique Clairmonte, Nell Crosby, Isabel Zimmermann and Heather Holt finished in the top 25.
NC State's men upset the top two teams in the region to claim the program's ninth Southeast Regional title since 2000. The men also saw all five scorers honored as All-Region performers as Ian Shanklin, Joe Bistritz, Edwin Rutto, Elijah Moskowitz and Gavin Gaynor earned the nod.
The wins secured the Pack's second sweep of the region in the last three seasons.
SOUTHEAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR SWEEP:
NC State head coaches Rollie Geiger and Laurie Henes were named NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Coaches of the Year, sweeping the honors for the third time in their tenures.
The award marked Geiger's eighth time garnering the honors, and Henes won for the fourth time overall and the third season in a row.
PACK IN THE POLLS:
Both NC State squads enter the final meet of the season ranked in the national top 16. The Wolfpack women maintained their hold on the No. 11 spot, and the Pack men's win at Regionals bumped them up 10 spots to check in at No. 16.
UP NEXT:
After the conclusion of the 2018 cross country season, NC State's distance athletes will gear up for the start of the indoor track and field season, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 with the JDL College Kickoff and the BU Season Opener.
#GoPack | @PackXC
MADISON, Wis. – After securing automatic bids to Nationals with their wins at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, the NC State cross country squads will wrap up the 2018 season as they compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday. The meet will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wis.
The Wolfpack women will make their 32nd NCAA Championships appearance, the most in NCAA history, while this marks the 29th time that NC State's men will be in action at the national meet.
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meet Central | Live Streaming | Live Results
The NCAA Championships will kick off with the women's 6K final, which is set to begin at 11:45 a.m. EST. The starting gun for the men's championship 10K is slated to go off at 12:45 p.m. EST. The presentation of awards is scheduled for immediately following the race.
2017 REWIND:
In 2017, NC State's women advanced to the NCAA Championships after winning the Southeast Region and went on to place eighth at the national meet. It marked the third-straight top-10 finish for the squad. Elly Henes led the way for the Pack, finishing 32nd to earn recognition as an All-American for the first time in her cross country career.
After earning an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Championships, the Wolfpack men finished 17th, solidifying the program's highest national finish since 2011.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Wolfpack swept the NCAA Southeast Regional last Friday in Rock Hill, S.C. NC State was one of three programs to sweep its region and earn both of its teams automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.
The Pack women won their third straight regional title. In addition to the team's first-place finish, all five scorers garnered All-Region honors as Elly Henes, Dominique Clairmonte, Nell Crosby, Isabel Zimmermann and Heather Holt finished in the top 25.
NC State's men upset the top two teams in the region to claim the program's ninth Southeast Regional title since 2000. The men also saw all five scorers honored as All-Region performers as Ian Shanklin, Joe Bistritz, Edwin Rutto, Elijah Moskowitz and Gavin Gaynor earned the nod.
The wins secured the Pack's second sweep of the region in the last three seasons.
SOUTHEAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR SWEEP:
NC State head coaches Rollie Geiger and Laurie Henes were named NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Coaches of the Year, sweeping the honors for the third time in their tenures.
The award marked Geiger's eighth time garnering the honors, and Henes won for the fourth time overall and the third season in a row.
PACK IN THE POLLS:
Both NC State squads enter the final meet of the season ranked in the national top 16. The Wolfpack women maintained their hold on the No. 11 spot, and the Pack men's win at Regionals bumped them up 10 spots to check in at No. 16.
UP NEXT:
After the conclusion of the 2018 cross country season, NC State's distance athletes will gear up for the start of the indoor track and field season, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 with the JDL College Kickoff and the BU Season Opener.
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