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2025 DI cross country regional championships: Schedule, results, auto bids, highlights

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2025 DI women's NCAA cross country South Regional | FULL RACE
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6:48 pm, November 14, 2025

2025 DI cross country regional recap, auto bids 🎟

2025 DI men's NCAA cross country South Regional | FULL RACE

All nine of the 2025 DI cross country regional championships were held Friday, Nov. 14. Teams competed for regional titles and an automatic bid to the DI national championships. We saw over seven hours of continuous cross country races, with big names stepping up to deliver championship-level performances.

Check out the results below.

Regional Championship Women's Team Winner Men's Team Winner Results
Great Lakes Notre Dame Notre Dame Results
Mid-Atlantic West Virginia Princeton Results
Midwest Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Results
Mountain New Mexico New Mexico Results
Northeast Boston College Syracuse Results
South Florida Alabama Results
South Central Texas A&M Tulane Results
Southeast NC State Wake Forest Results
West Stanford Oregon Results
2025 DI women's NCAA cross country Midwest Regional | FULL RACE

Automatic bids

The top two finishing teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. Here are the automatic qualifying teams.

Region WoMen's Auto Bids Men's Auto Bids
Great Lakes
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Wisconsin
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Butler
Mid-Atlantic
  1. West Virginia
  2. Georgetown
  1. Princeton
  2. Georgetown
Midwest
  1. Oklahoma State
  2. Northwestern
  1. Oklahoma State
  2. Iowa State
Mountain
  1. New Mexico
  2. BYU
  1. New Mexico
  2. BYU
Northeast
  1. Boston College
  2. Providence
  1. Syracuse
  2. Iona
South
  1. Florida
  2. Tennessee
  1. Alabama
  2. Ole Miss
South Central
  1. Texas A&M
  2. LSU
  1. Tulane
  2. Arkansas
Southeast
  1. NC State
  2. Eastern Kentucky
  1. Wake Forest
  2. South Carolina
West
  1. Stanford
  2. Oregon
  1. Oregon
  2. California Baptist
2025 DI women's NCAA cross country South Regional | FULL RACE

The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. While the at-large teams won't be decided until the selection show at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 15, here's a look at the top four finishers from non-AQ teams in each region.

Region WoMen's Top Four Men's Top Four
Great Lakes
  1. Rachel Forsyth, Michigan State
  2. Ann Lemirisho, Cincinnati
  3. Mercy Jebitok, Akron
  4. Aniya Mosley, Ohio State
  1. Nickson Kogei, Cincinnati
  2. Joad Martinho, Toledo
  3. Bismack Kipchirchir, Akron
  4. Christian de Vaal, Wisconsin
Mid-Atlantic
  1.  Florence Caron, Penn State
  2. Tilly O'Connor, Villanova
  3. Rose Coats, Maryland
  4. Meg Madison, Princeton
  1. Justin Mumford, Navy
  2. Nick Sloff, Penn State
  3. Charlie Moore, Villanova
  4. Thomas McMahon, Pittsburgh
Midwest
  1. Betty Kipkore, Iowa State
  2. Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
  3. Monica Wanjiku, Missouri
  4. Evyn Humphrey, Tulsa
  1. Elkana Kipruto, Wichita State
  2. Ronald Ngetich, Oklahoma
  3. Evans Biwott, Oklahoma
  4. Jayde Rosslee, Bradley
Mountain
  1. Hayley Burns, Northern Arizona
  2. Ava Mitchell, Northern Arizona
  3. Morgan Nokes, Utah Valley
  4. Erin Vringer, Utah
  1. Jayden Nats, Air Force
  2. Peter Visser, Weber State
  3. Titus Kimaru, Texas Tech
  4. Colin Sahlman, Northern Arizona
Northeast
  1. Charlotte Richman, Army
  2. Molly Malague, Harvard
  3. Selma Anderson, Syracuse
  4. Jasmine Trott, Bryant
  1. Fredrick Kipkosgei, Hofstra
  2. Sam Burgess, Harvard
  3. Tam Gavenas, Harvard
  4. Jan Wouter Van Den Akker, UMass Lowell
South
  1. Doris Lemngole, Alabama
  2. Caren Kiplagat, Alabama
  3. Cynthia Jemutai, Alabama
  4. Rylee Blade, Florida State
  1. Kelvin Cheruiyot, Florida
  2. Nickson Chebii, Auburn
  3. Zouhair Redouane, Tennessee
  4. Will Aitken, Georgia
South Central
  1. Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
  2. Sydney Thorvaldson, Arkansas
  3. Blezzin Kimutai, Tulane
  4. Rose Mburu, SMU
  1. Johnson Lagat, TCU
  2. Paul Kiprotich, Stephen F. Austin
  3. Jack Johnston, Texas A&M
  4. Kgaogelo Moloisi, Lousiana-Monroe
Southeast
  1. Elsingi Kipruto, Louisville
  2. George Couttie, Virginia Tech
  3. Gary Martin, Virginia
  4. Brett Gardner, Virginia
  1. Vera Sjoberg, North Carolina
  2. Silvia Jelego, Clemson
  3. Allie Zealand, Liberty
  4. Angelina Perez, Wake Forest
West
  1. Rosemary Longisa, Washington State
  2. Zenah Cheptoo, Washington State
  3. Logan Hofstee, Gonzaga
  4. Kaiya Robertson, Boise State
  1. Solomon Kipchoge, Washington State
  2. Evans Kurui, Washington State
  3. Leo Young, Stanford
  4. Meshack Kuyo, Boise State
2025 DI men's NCAA cross country Midwest Regional | FULL RACE
6:46 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Mountain regional men: New Mexico's Habtom Samuel, Lobo team wins titles

New Mexico's Habtom Samuel won the men's individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 29:45.3. The sophomore sensation freshman defeated his teammate Evans Kiplagat in second and Air Force's Jayden Nats in third.

New Mexico also won the Mountain region men's team title with runners finishing in 1-2-4-7-23. BYU finished second with runners in 5-6-10-21-25 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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6:37 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Mid-Atlantic regional men: Georgetown's Birhanu Harriman, Princeton team wins titles

Georgetown's Birhanu Harriman won the men's individual title, finishing the Mid-Atlantic regional in 29:20.6. Harriman defeated Princeton's Myles Hogan in second.

Princeton won the Mid-Atlantic region men's team title with runners finishing in 2-4-5-15-19. Georgetown finished second with runners in 1-9-11-14-28 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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6:37 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - West regional men: Washington State's Solomon Kipchoge, Stanford team wins titles

Washington State's Solomon Kipchoge won the men's individual title, finishing the West regional in 28:54.4. Kipchoge defeated his teammate Evans Kurui in second place and Stanford's Leo Young in third place.

Oregon won the West region men's team title with runners finishing in 6-7-8-11-23. California Baptist finished second with runners in 13-15-16-21-30 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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6:03 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Mountain regional women: BYU's Jane Hedengren, New Mexico team wins titles

BYU's Jane Hedengren won the women's individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 19:06.6. The true freshman defeated New Mexico's Pamela Kosgei in second place.

New Mexico won the Mountain region women's team title with runners finishing in 2-5-10-13-15. BYU finished second with runners in 1-3-9-16-18 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:51 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Great Lakes regional men: Cincinnati's Nickson Kogei, Notre Dame team wins titles

Cincinnati's Nickson Kogei won the men's individual title, finishing the Great Lakes regional in 29:42.74. Kogei defeated Butler's Jesse Hamlin in second place.

Notre Dame won the Great Lakes region men's team title with runners finishing in 3-9-13-17-18. Butler finished second with runners in 2-4-15-25-29 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:39 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Mid-Atlantic regional men: West Virginia's Joy Naukot, Mountaineer team wins titles

West Virginia's Joy Naukot won the women's individual title, finishing the Mid-Atlantic regional in 19:11.8. Naukot defeated her teammate Mercy Kinyanjui in second and Georgetown's Melissa Riggins in third.

The Mountaineers won the Mid-Atlantic region women's team title with runners finishing in 1-2-6-19-28. Georgetown finished second with runners in 3-10-13-16-20 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:39 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - West regional women: Washington State's Rosemary Longisa, Stanford team wins titles

Washington State's Rosemary Longisa won the women's individual title, finishing the West regional in 19:08.3. Longisa defeated Oregon's Diana Cherotich in second place.

Stanford won the West region women's team title with runners finishing in 4-5-10-18-29. Oregon finished second with runners in 2-3-9-12-49 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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5:39 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Northeast regional men: Hofstra's Fredrick Kipkosgein, Syracuse team wins titles

Hofstra's Fredrick Kipkosgein won the men's individual title, finishing the Northeast regional in 19:52.8. Kipkosgein defeated Syracuse's Peter Walsdorf in second place.

Syracuse won the Northeast region men's team title with runners finishing in 2-6-7-8-9. Iona finished second with runners in 4-13-18-29-31  to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:46 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Midwest regional men: Oklahoma State' Denis Kipngetich, Cowboys team wins titles

Oklahoma State's Denis Kipngetich won his third straight Midwest regional men's individual title, finishing in 29:42.8. Kipngetich defeated three Iowa State runners from second through fourth — Joash Ruto, Robin Kwemoi Bera and Sanele Masondo.

The Cowboys outpaced Iowa State to win the Midwest region men's team title for the third straight time. Oklahoma State runners finished in 1-5-6-9-17. Iowa State finished second with runners in 2-3-4-10-22 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:46 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - South Central regional men: Arkansas' Timothy Chesondin, Tulane team wins titles

Arkansas' Timothy Chesondin won the men's individual title on his home course, finishing the South Central regional in 28:44.4. Chesondin defeated a pair of Green Wave runners in second and third, Bernard Cheruiyot and Silas Kiptanui.

Tulane won the South Central region men's team title with runners finishing in 2-3-11-12-16. The Green Wave benefited from its fifth runner, overcoming Arkansas having four runners in the top six. The Razorbacks finished second with runners in 1-4-5-6-30 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:46 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Southeast regional men: Wake Forest's Rocky Hansen, Demon Deacons team wins titles

Wake Forest's Rocky Hansen won the men's individual title, finishing the Southeast regional in 29:10.4. Hansen defeated Louisville's Elsingi Kipruto who finished in second place.

Hansen helped lead the Demon Deacons to the Southeast region men's team title with runners finishing in 1-9-10-16-19. Eastern Kentucky finished second with runners in 3-6-15-18-26 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:45 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Northeast regional women: Army's Charlotte Richman, Boston College team wins titles

Army's Charlotte Richman won the women's individual title, finishing the Northeast regional in 19:52.8. Richman defeated Boston College's Imogen Gardiner in second place.

Boston College won the Northeast region women's team title with runners finishing in 2-5-12-19-22. Providence finished second with runners in 6-7-9-24-25 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:45 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - Great Lakes regional women: Notre Dame's Amaya Aramini, Fighting Irish team wins titles

Notre Dame's Amaya Aramini won the women's individual title, finishing the Great Lakes regional in 19:37.97. Aramini defeated her teammate Mary Bonner Dalton in second and Michigan State's Rachel Forsyth in third.

The Fighting Irish also won the Great Lakes region women's team title with runners finishing in1-2-5-6-8. Wisconsin finished second with runners in 10-17-19-22-27 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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4:08 pm, November 14, 2025

RESULTS - South regional men: Florida's Kelvin Cheruiyot, Alabama team wins titles

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Florida's Kelvin Cheruiyot won the men's individual title, finishing the South regional in 29:09.1. Cheruiyot continues his undefeated start this year, becoming the first Florida man to qualify for NCAAs since 2015. Alabama's Dismus Lokira and Auburn's Nickson Chebii finished in second and third place, respectively.

Alabama won the South region men's team title with runners finishing in 2-3-8-10-13. Ole Miss finished second with runners in 4-5-11-17-25 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid.

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