SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The 2025 Summit League Cross Country Championships are set to take place Saturday at the Cross Country Course at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Neb., hosted by Omaha. The men's race will begin at 10 a.m. CT with the women's to follow at 11 a.m. CT.
Need to Know
Date: Saturday, Nov. 1
Times: 10 a.m. CT (men's), 11 a.m. CT (women's)
Location: Cross Country Course at Mahoney State Park
Host: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Digital Video Stream: Summit League Network
Live Results: Black Squirrel Timing
Photo Gallery (by Bonnie Ryan): Here
Merchandise (orders due Nov. 15 at 12 p.m. CT): Here
Tickets: MUST be purchased in advance
here
Watch
The event will be streamed on the Summit League Network with the
Prairie Track & Field Podcast hosts Ryan Enerson and Cameron Roehl broadcasting. Fans can
subscribe to watch coverage of the event for $9.99. Viewers must have an account with Midco Sports Plus to access the stream.
Where to Look
For anything and everything regarding The Summit League Cross Country Championships, visit the official championship website
here.
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Women's League Leaders
5K: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota | 16:05.8 (Dragon Twilight Invitational)
6K: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota | 19:08.92 (Arturo Barrios Invitational)
Women's Notables
- Reigning team champion South Dakota State will look for its first back-to-back titles since the Jackrabbits won the 2020 and 2021 races.
- Within the last 14 years, the women’s team champion has come from the trio of North Dakota State (2011-13, 2019, 2022), South Dakota (2014-18, 2023) or South Dakota State (2020, 2021, 2024).
- Of the 2024 Women's All-Summit League honorees for the Jackrabbits, 2024 Newcomer of the Championship Courtney Stadter returns to the championships along with First Team honoree Meghan Ford, and Second Team honoree Jenna Soine.
- This fall’s 5K and 6K league leader, Jadyn Keeler of North Dakota, will make her first appearance at the championship, joining fellow Fighting Hawk and 2024 First Team honoree Naja Weiler.
- Keeler enters the championship after securing a league-leading four peak performer weekly honors this fall as well as three of the top 10 6K times this season. The UND Graduate set a Summit League record earlier this season, crossing the finish line at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in 19:08.92. Her time was nearly a full minute faster than the previous Summit League record.
- UND Teammate Shewaye Johnson also cracked the Summit League All-Time 6K record book, currently sitting in 10th after running 20:19.5 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational.
- North Dakota State returns 2024 Summit League champion Reagan Baesler, who won last year’s race with a time of 20:34.04.
- Omaha’s' Kamryn Ensley is the only other individual set to race from last year's top 14 finishers. Ensley earned All-Summit League Second Team honors after clocking a 21:07.88.
- Six women broke the 20-minute barrier in the 6K event during the fall with that quintet, including UND’s Keeler (19:08.2, 19:54.9), Johnson (20:19.5), and Jorgensen (20:43.6), North Dakota State's Reagan Baesler (20:21.0) and Logan Harz (20:59.4), and South Dakota State’s Meghan Ford (20:27.2).
- As of Oct. 20, the League has three teams sitting in the top 15 of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Midwest Regional Rankings. The Fighting Hawks currently rank No. 7 while the Jackrabbits currently rank No. 13 and the Bison squad sit at No. 14.
- The Bison women took the crown at the Marauders Invite and notched a pair of second place team finishes at the Jimmie Invitational and the Bradley Pink Classic.
- The Fighting Hawks took home three team titles this year winning the Ron Pynn Classic, the Dragon Twilight, and the Jimmie Invitational.
- The Jackrabbit women saw the lone team win of the season come at the Augustana Twilight.
- The Coyote women won the Briar Cliff Invite.
- The Tommie women won the Phoenix Open to start the 2025 cross country season.
- The Roos turned in their best team finish at the Bob Timmons Classic after taking third place.
- The Golden Eagle women had their top finish of the year at the Bob Timmons Classic finishing second behind the University of Kansas
Last Five Women's Champions
Team
2024: South Dakota State
2023: South Dakota
2022: North Dakota State
2021: South Dakota State
2020: South Dakota State
Individual
2024: Reagan Baesler, North Dakota State
2023: Yonca Kutluk, North Dakota
2022: Leah Hansen, South Dakota State
2021: Leah Hansen, South Dakota State
2020: Leah Hansen, South Dakota State
Men's League Leaders
6K: Louis-Lys Fanucchi, North Dakota | 16:51.5 (Dragon Twilight Invitational)
8K: Cody Larson, South Dakota State | 23:17.9 (Pre-National Invitational)
Men's Notables
- The Jackrabbit men look to extend their League record and hoist the trophy for the 10th straight year. South Dakota State is the only current League member to have earned a Summit League Cross Country Championship title since rebranding to The Summit League in 2007.
- From the 2024 All-Summit League honorees, SDSU returns first team award winner Cody Larson.
- Larson garnered a trio of peak performer weekly awards and owns the top 10 8k time this season after running a 23:17.9 at the Pre-National Invitational. Larson’s time is the third fastest 8K time in Summit League history.
- 2024 Summit League Champion Abraham Chelangam from Oral Roberts has earned the other three peak performer weekly awards this season. Chelangam owns the second best 8K time (23:29.3) this season, which is good for fourth place in the Summit League record book.
- Three men broke the 24-minute barrier in the 8K event during the season: Larson (23:17.9), Chelangam (23:29.3), and North Dakota's Matej Hrebacka (23:54.6).
- Six of the League's 14 All-Summit League honorees from the 2024 Championship return to race again: ORU’s Chelangam, SDSU’s Larson, UND’s Hrebacka, USD’s Kifle and Ochoa, and NDSU’s Ethan Moe.
- The USTFCCCA rankings saw North Dakota State, South Dakota State, North Dakota, and Oral Roberts make an appearance among the top 15 in the Midwest Region. The Jackrabbits sit at No. 11 while the Fighting Hawks sit at No. 12. The Bison come in at No. 13 and the Golden Eagles sit at No. 15.
- Oral Roberts captured the men’s team title at the Bob Timmons Rim Rock Classic.
- The Fighting Hawks took home three team titles this year winning the Ron Pynn Classic, the Dragon Twilight, and the Jimmie Invitational.
- The Bison men took the crown at the Marauders Invite and notched a pair of second place team finishes at the Jimmie Invitational and the Bradley Pink Classic.
- The Jackrabbits saw the lone team win of the season come at the Augustana Twilight
- The Coyote men won the Briar Cliff Invite.
- The Tommie men had their top finish of the year at the Joe Piane Invitational finishing second behind the University of Chicago
- The Roo men had their top finish of the year at the Platte River Rumble taking 3rd place.
Last Five Men's Champions
Team
2024: South Dakota State
2023: South Dakota State
2022: South Dakota State
2021: South Dakota State
2020: South Dakota State
Individual
2024: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
2023: Carson Noecker, South Dakota State
2022: Ben Olson, South Dakota State
2021: Gabe Peters, South Dakota State
2020: Patrick Kipkemboi, North Dakota
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