RESULTS
STILLWATER
, Okla.
Stanford's
Charles Hicks
won the men's individual title and the Pac-12 totaled 12 combined All-America finishers to highlight the Conferences showing at the 2022 NCAA Division I Mens and Womens Cross Country Championships at at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday.
In the mens 10-kilometer race, the 2022 West Regional champion Stanford men (195 points) finished fourth behind NCAA titlist Northern Arizona (83), which won its sixth NCAA title in the past seven seasons. It marked the Cardinals ninth consecutive top-six finish, its first top-four finish since 2017, and was also the 17th year in a row the Conference landed a mens program in the top five.
Hicks, who ran the majority of the race with Northern Arizona's Nico Young and Drew Bosley, pulled in front with just over a kilometer to go and maintained the lead to the finish. Fourteenth on the same course during the COVID-delayed NCAA meet in March 2021 and fourth last year in Tallahassee, Hicks covered a hilly and demanding 10-kilometer (6.2 mile) course in 28:43.6 to become the first individual NCAA champion for Stanford and first for the Conference since Oregon's
Edward Cheserek
finished off his three-peat in 2015.
The Pac-12 boasted five top-40 individual finishers and, since expanding in 2011, the Pac-12 now leads all leagues with 87 total mens All-Americans and 18 top-5 mens team finishes.
PAC-12 MENS TEAM FINISHES (Plus champion)
1. Northern Arizona 83
4. Stanford 195
8. Colorado 281
14. Washington 422
16. Oregon 465
PAC-12 MENS ALL-AMERICANS (Finish/* - career All-America honors)
Aaron
Bienenfeld
, Oregon (14th)***
Brian Fay
, Washington (13th)**
Charles Hicks
, Stanford (1st)***
Ky Robinson
, Stanford (10th)**
Austin Vancil
, Colorado (36th)*
In the womens six-kilometer race, the 2022 Pac-12 champion CU women (286 points) led a quintet of top-20 Conference programs in 11th. NC State (114 points) became the first back-to-back women's champion since Villanova in 2009-2010.
Utah finished a program-best 12th (307 points), Stanford was 13th (371 points), Oregon 14th (390 points) and Washington 17th (470 points). Oregon State placed 24th (544 points) behind All-America performances from
Kaylee Mitchell
and
Grace Fetherstonhaugh
.
As a league, the Pac-12 accounted for seven womens top-40 finishers and, since expanding in 2011, the Pac-12 now leads all leagues with 102 total womens All-Americans, nearly double the next closest conference, and 20 top-five womens team finishes.
PAC-12 WOMENS TEAM FINISHES (Plus champion)
1. NC State 114
11. Colorado 286
12. Utah 307
13. Stanford 371
14. Oregon 390
17. Washington 470
24. Oregon State 544
PAC-12 WOMENS ALL-AMERICANS (Finish/* - career All-America honors)
Ella Baran
, Colorado (30th)*
Zofia Dudek
, Stanford (20th)*
Grace Fetherstonhaugh
, Oregon State (31st)*
Bailey Hertenstein
, Colorado (5th)***
Kaylee Mitchell
, Oregon State (18th)**
I
zzy Thornton-Bott
, Oregon (36th)*
Emily Venters
, Utah (12th)**