TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 9/20 Alabama men’s and women’s cross country squads will head to Columbia, Mo., Saturday for the NCAA Championships. Located at Gans Creek Cross Country Course, the women’s 6k race will start at 9:20 a.m. CT, with the men’s 10k race beginning at 10:10 a.m.

The meet, televised live on ESPNU, marks the second time this season that the Crimson Tide will traverse host school Missouri’s course, having first competed at the Gans Creek Classic earlier this season.

The NCAA Championships

• Date: Saturday, Nov. 22
• Time (CT): Women 6k – 9:20 a.m. | Men 10k – 10:10 a.m.
• Location: Columbia, Mo.
• Venue: Gans Creek Cross Country Course
• Follow live: Live stats link is available at RollTide.com
• Watch live: on ESPNU

The Field

• Among the Southeastern Conference, the UA women will be joined by:

  • No. 3 Florida, No. 15 South Carolina, No. 21 Tennessee, No. 26 Texas A&M, No. 29 Missouri and No. 30 LSU

• Also joining Alabama and host school Missouri is:

  • No. 1 NC State, No. 2 BYU, No. 4 New Mexico, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 West Virginia, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 9 Stanford, No. 10 Georgetown, No. 11 Northwestern, No. 12 Iowa State, No. 13 Penn State, No. 14 Northern Arizona, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 17 Villanova, No. 18 Colorado, No. 19 Virginia, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 Boise State, No. 24 Wisconsin, No. 25 Washington State, No. 27 Washington, No. 28 Boston College, (RV) Providence and (RV) Wake Forest

• Joining the UA men, among the SEC:

  • No. 21 Georgia, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 24 Oklahoma and No. 25 Ole Miss

• Also joining Alabama is:

  • No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 New Mexico, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Colorado, No. 8 BYU, No. 9 Northern Arizona, No. 11 Wake Forest, No. 12 Washington State, No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 14 Butler, No. 15 California Baptist, No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Princeton, No. 19 Tulane, No. 20 Eastern Kentucky, No. 23 Virginia Tech, No. 26 Michigan, No. 27 Air Force, No. 28 North Carolina, No. 29 Harvard, No. 30 Georgetown, (RV) Iona and (RV) Louisville

The 2024 NCAA Championships – Recap

• Doris Lemngole captured her then second career national title and first in cross country
• Teammate Brenda Tuwei also earned All-America honors with her top-30 finish (29^th)
• The UA women secured their third straight top-10 team finish (10^th), marking five consecutive years with a top-15 team finish
• Three student-athletes on the men’s side clocked top-75 individual finishes (Dismus Lokira – 41^st, Victor Kiprop – 51^st, Dennis Kipruto – 75^th)
• The UA men finished 18^th as a team – the program’s 12^th top-20 team finish at the national meet