No. 12 Utah Cross Country Sets Eyes on NCAA Championships Saturday

SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 12-ranked Utah cross country team will toe the line against 31 of the nation’s best teams on Saturday, Nov. 23, beginning at 8:20 a.m. (MST) / 9:20 a.m. (CST) at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course. Saturday’s race will once again air uninterrupted on ESPNU.
 
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 23
HOST: University of Wisconsin
WHERE: Verona, WI
WHEN: 8:20 a.m. (MST) / 9:20 a.m. (CST) local
VENUE: Thomas Zimmer Championship Course (Course Map)
TELEVISION: ESPNU
LIVE RESULTS: Live Results
LIVE STREAM: ESPN.com/watch
PARTICIPATING TEAMS: #7 Alabama, #24 Arkansas, #1 BYU, #27 Boston College, #15 Florida, #18 Florida State, #9 Georgetown, #20 Gonzaga, Harvard, #28 Lipscomb, #29 Michigan State, #23 Minnesota, #13 NC State, #10 New Mexico, #21 North Carolina, #3 Northern Arizona, #5 Notre Dame, #16 Oklahoma State, #2 Oregon, #19 Penn State, #11 Providence, #8 Stanford, #25 Syracuse, #22 Tennessee, #30 Texas, #26 Toledo, #12 Utah, #17 Virginia, #6 Washington, #4 West Virginia, #14 Wisconsin
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: McKaylie Caesar, Emily Chaston, Marika Couture, Morgan Jensen, Grace Moroney, Katarzyna Nowakowska, Anna Peters, Lindsey Peters, Erin Vringer
 
UTAH IN THE RANKINGS
Utah heads into the NCAA Championships ranked No. 12 in the country after finishing fourth at the NCAA Mountain Regional last week in Reno. It is now the third-straight year the Women of Utah have been ranked in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll the whole season and has now been ranked in the top-25 in 30-consecutive polls dating back to the 2021 season (includes preseason rankings).
 
THE LINE UP
The Women of Utah will send the same group of runners from the regionals to the NCAA Championships with Marika Couture, Grace Moroney and Lindsey Peters all making their first trip to nationals. Morgan Jensen leads the way with three-consecutive NCAA Championship appearances while McKaylie Caesar (2023), Emily Chaston (2021), Katarzyna Nowakowska (2023), Anna Peters (2023) and Erin Vringer (2022) all making their second-career appearance.
 
UTAH AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
As a program, this will serve as the fourth-consecutive time that Utah has qualified as a team for the NCAA Championships and seventh time overall (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021,…