Colorado Cross Country Heads to NCAA Mountain Regional Championships

Friday, November 14

Salt Lake City, Utah

Colorado

NCAA Mountain Region

Colorado Cross Country Heads to NCAA Mountain Regional Championships

November 13, 2025 | Cross Country

Live Results Meet Info Season Times

By: Herman Shelton, Associate Director/Athletic Communications

BOULDER — Colorado's cross country teams continue their run through championship season as the Buffaloes travel west to Salt Lake City for the 2025 NCAA Mountain Regional Championships on Friday, Nov. 14, at the Regional Athletic Complex, hosted by the University of Utah.

The No. 17 Colorado women will race at 10:30 a.m. MT, followed by the No. 6 men's squad at 11:30 a.m. MT.

Meet Information
Course: Regional Athletic Complex
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Distance: 6k (women), 10k (men)
Time: 10:30 a.m. MT (women), 11:30 a.m. MT.

Last Time Out
The University of Colorado men's and women's cross country teams turned in strong performances Friday, Oct. 31, at the 2025 Allstate Big 12 Cross Country Championships at Rim Rock Farm, in Lawrence, Kan. The Buffaloes placed third in the men's race and fifth in the women's, both competing in one of the deepest conference fields in the nation.

Sophomore Dominic Serem led the Buffs, earning All-Big 12 honors with a ninth-place finish—his third consecutive top-10 performance this season. Jessie Secor paced the women's squad with a 22nd-place finish.

The Field
The field will features 19 men's and women's teams, competing for the NCAA Mountain Regional title. Both races will feature five nationally ranked teams.

Men's Field
#28 Air Force, #10 BYU, #6 Colorado, Colorado State, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Nevada, #3 New Mexico, New Mexico State, #8 Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Texas Tech, Utah State, Utah Valley, UTEP, Weber State, and Wyoming.

Women's Field
Air Force, #1 BYU, #17 Colorado, Colorado State, Idaho State, Montana State, Nevada, #8 New Mexico, New Mexico State, #21 Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Texas Tech, #22 Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley, UTEP, Weber State, and Wyoming.

Buffaloes Competing at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships
Men (10k PR | Meet, Date)
Dean Casey (29:15.6 | NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championship, 11/10/23)
Tanner Newkirk (31:31.3 | NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championship, 9/29/23)
Lukas Haug (29:57.0 | NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship, 11/23/24)
James Overberg (28:55.3 | NCAA Division I Mountain Region Cross Country Championship, 11/11/22)
Jake Liebert (First 10k appearance)
Grady Rauba (30:17.3 | NCAA Division I Mountain Region Cross Country Championship, 11/15/24)
Kole Mathison (31:07.2 | NCAA Division I Mountain Region Cross Country Championship, 11/15/24)
Dominic Serem (29:14.1 | NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championship, 11/15/24)

Women (6k PR | Meet, Date)
Holly Barker (20:35.2 | Gans Creek Classic, 9/26/25)
Louise Lounes (20:32.0 | NCAA Division I Southeast Region Cross Country Championship, 11/12/21)
Juliette Forstrom (20:36.2 | Big 12 Championships, 10/31/25)
Hannah Prosser (19:47.8 | Gans Creek Classic, 9/26/25)
Ella Hagen (20:57.2 | Big 12 Championships, 10/31/25)
Abbey Nechanicky (19:42.4 | Arturo Barrios Invitational, 10/18/25)
Mia Larochelle (19:46.8 | Gans Creek Classic, 9/26/25)
Jessie Secor (18:57.7 | NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships, 11/10/23)

NCAA Championship Qualification Breakdown
Division I Qualification Process
The top two teams from each of the nine regions automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, making up 18 total teams. Fourteen additional programs will be selected at large to complete the 32-team field. 38 individuals will earn spots through the automatic and at-large selection process, with the top four regional finishers not on qualifying teams also advancing to the national meet.

The men's team will look to make its 33rd consecutive trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championship. The 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships will take place Nov. 22 in Columbia, Missouri, at the Gans Creek XC Course.