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Women’s Cross Country, Flavin Prepared for NCAA Championships
11/19/2021 8:49:00 AM | Cross Country
RALEIGH - The NC State women's cross country program and men's team representative JP Flavin are set to compete at the 2021 NCAA Championships Saturday, Nov. 20 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla. The appearance marks the 35th overall and eighth consecutive NCAA Championships in which the women's team has secured a berth
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET SCHEDULE
10:20 a.m. - Women's Championship 6K
11:10 a.m. - Men's Championship 10K
WATCH PARTY INFORMATION
NC State Athletics will host a watch party for the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships at Sammy's Tap and Grill at 2235 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606. Fans are welcome to attend, and the doors will open at 10am.
2020 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS REWIND
2020 saw the Wolfpack women tie the highest-ever program finish at an NCAA meet as the squad placed second. NC State squads placed second twice previously, notching the runner-up spot in 1987 and 2001.
Three members of the Pack garnered All-America honors as Hannah Steelman, Kelsey Chmiel and Katelyn Tuohy posted top-25 finishes. The number tied the program best for number of All-Americans in a single season. All-America honors are awarded to individuals who place in the top 40 of the national meet races.
NC State's men charted a 23rd-place finish at the 2020 national meet, improving on their finish form 2019 by three spots. Then-senior Ian Shanklin was the first across the finish line, placing 56th individually.
PACK IN THE POLLS
NC State enters the NCAA meet as the top-ranked team nationally. The Wolfpack women have been tied for or in sole possession of the No. 1 ranking for six weeks of the 2021 season.
Regionally, both the men's and women's squads checked into the final rankings in the top five thanks to high finishes at the 2021 NCAA Southeast Regionals. The women recorded their sixth-straight regional title while the men posted a fourth-place finish.
LAST TIME OUT
The women's squad won its fifth consecutive NCAA Southeast Regional Championship, tallying 34 points for its lowest regional meet team score since at least 2000. Junior Kelsey Chmiel took the individual title at the meet, marking the first Southeast Regional crown of her career.
Chmiel was one of six All-Region honorees for NC State as she was joined in the accolades by Katelyn Tuohy, Allie Hays, Sam Bush, Heather Holt and Savannah Shaw.
NC State's men's program placed fourth at the regional meet, led by graduate student JP Flavin's sixth-place finish. Flavin was the fourth individual finisher from a a team that did not automatically qualify, solidifying his individual berth at the NCAA Championships.
Three Wolfpack men garnered All-Region accolades: Flavin, Nate Kawalec and Robinson Snider.
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