NCAA Championships Selections Announcement

SAN FRANCISCO – Ten Pac-12 programs as well as one individual earned berths in the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships field unveiled on the NCAA selection show Saturday afternoon. 

Stanford swept the men's and women's team titles at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships for the 11th time and Oregon's women came in second to secure three of that region's four automatic qualifying spots on Friday.

Utah's women nabbed the first automatic berth in program history by virtue of their program-best second-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Regional, while fellow Mountain Regional competitor Colorado qualified both it's men's and Pac-12 champion women's programs via at-large selections.

The men and women of Washington both finished third in their West Regional races and earned at-large selections and the Oregon men also garnered an at-large pick after coming in fourth. Oregon State's women are in the field for the third time in program history following a fourth-place showing at the NCAA West Regional, the best performance in school history. 

Oklahoma State University will host the championships, Saturday, Nov. 19, at The Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla., with the Pac-12 seeking to add to its national-best totals of 29 combined team crowns and 29 combined individual titles. The women’s race will begin at 10:20 a.m. ET/7:20 a.m. PT, followed by the men’s race at 11:10 a.m. ET/8:20 a.m. PT. Coverage of the championships will be available ESPNU and the ESPN app beginning at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.

WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS
No. 8 Colorado (At-Large – 5th NCAA Mountain Regional; 32nd NCAA appearance, 14th consecutive)
No. 9 Utah (Auto – 2nd NCAA Mountain Regional; 5th NCAA appearance, 2nd consecutive)
No. 10 Oregon (Auto – 2nd NCAA West Regional; 33rd NCAA appearance, 2nd consecutive)
No. 11 Stanford (Auto – 1st NCAA West Regional; 35th NCAA appearance, 30th consecutive)
No. 16 Washington (At-Large – 3rd NCAA West Regional; 29th NCAA appearance, 16th consecutive)
Oregon State (At-Large - 4th NCAA West Regional; 3rd NCAA appearance)

It's the fifth time overall, and first since 2016, that six Pac-12 women's programs advanced to compete at the NCAA Championships. In addition to 2016, six schools earned berths in 1998 and 1999, and a Conference-record seven were in the field in 2011. At least five Pac-12 women’s programs have advanced to the NCAA Championships in 13 of the last 14 seasons.

The Conference will be seeking its 14th all-time women’s team champion, the most recent coming from Colorado in 2018, as well as its fifth women’s individual titlist after Dani Jones claimed the crown four seasons ago.

MEN’S QUALIFIERS
No. 1 Stanford (Auto – 1st NCAA West Regional; 31st NCAA appearance, 29th consecutive)
No. 9 Colorado (At-Large – 3rd NCAA Mountain Regional; 52nd NCAA appearance, 31st consecutive)
No. 14 Washington (At-Large – 3rd NCAA West Regional; 20th NCAA appearance, 6th consecutive)
No. 18 Oregon (At-Large – 4th NCAA West Regional; 46th NCAA appearance, 2nd consecutive)
Vincent Mauri, Arizona State (Individual – 11th NCAA West Regional)

It marks the eighth time in nine seasons at least four Pac-12 men’s programs reached the national title meet.

The Pac-12 owns the second-most men’s team (16) and most individual (25) national champions of any conference.

Thirty-one teams were selected to participate in the Championship. The top two teams automatically qualified from each of the nine regions, for a total of 18 teams. Thirteen additional teams were selected at-large. Thirty-eight individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their regions.