The 5
th-ranked Chico State men's cross country team is off to a strong start in 2022, having won its first two races in convincing fashion. It's going to take a special performance at Saturday's NCAA D2 Pre-Nationals to make it three in a row. The Wildcats are one of five nationally-ranked squads scheduled to compete in the 30-team field, which includes NCAA Division II No. 1 Colorado School of Mines.
Chico State and Colorado Mines are joined by 10
th-ranked Western Colorado, No. 20 Western Washington, No. 22 Simon Fraser, and No. 25 Cal Poly Pomona. Six more teams in the field are ranked among the top 10 in their respective region. They will all tackle the 8,000-meter course at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Washington, along the shores of the Puget Sound. That will also be the site of the NCAA Championships on Dec. 2.
The Men's Open 8K will start at 10 a.m. and the Men's Invitational-exclusively for Division II teams of up to 10 runners per team—takes place at 10:40 a.m. Chico State will have teams in each division.
Chico State Open Race Lineup – 10 a.m.
Anders Beil
Ethan Crouch
Hunter Dougherty
Brian Hastings
Jayden Olea
Michael Ramirez
Travis Selby
Chico State Invitational Race Lineup – 10:40 a.m.
Rory Abberton
Omar Alvarez-Hernandez
Cameron Duquette
Jack Emanuel
Daniel Hernandez
Brayden McLaughlin
Joshua O'Neill
Bennett Woodward
Team Lineup – NCAA D2 Pre-Nationals
(Rankings in parenthesis, if applicable)
Academy of Art
Alaska Anchorage
Alaska Fairbanks
Bentley University
(No. 7 West) Biola
Black Hills State
Cal Poly Humboldt
(No. 25, No. 5 West) Cal Poly Pomona
Cal State East Bay
(No. 9 West) Cal State San Marcos
Central Washington
(No. 5, No. 1 West) Chico State
(No. 9 South Central) Colorado Mesa
(No. 1, No. 1 South Central) Colorado Mines
(No. 8 West) Concordia University Irvine
(No. 5 Southeast) Emmanuel College
Hawaii Hilo
Hawaii Pacific
Montana State Billings
Northwest Nazarene
San Francisco State
Saint Martin's
Seattle Pacific
(No. 22, No. 4 West) Simon Fraser
Sonoma State
(No. 10, No. 4 South Central) Western Colorado
(No. 10 West) Western Oregon
(No. 20, No. 3 West) Western Washington
Westminster
Wilmington University
