LARAMIE, Wyo. — Katelyn Mitchem will represent the University of Wyoming at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country National Championships as an individual qualifier this Saturday November 19th in Stillwater, Okla.
After finishing in 14th place at the NCAA Mountain Regional on Friday with a time of 20:30.8 to lead the Pokes Mitchem will run with the best in Division One. Mitchem is one of four women individual qualifiers from the Mountain Regional along with two runners from Utah State and one from the Air Force Academy.
Thirty-eight individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their regions.
The last qualifier for the Cowgirls was in 2014, when Holly Page ran at Nationals. Mitchem will be the 8th in history (since 1981). The last Cowboy to compete on the biggest stage was Christopher Henry in 2019. Full list of participants can be found here | https://www.ncaa.com/news/cross-country-women/article/2022-11-12/2022-ncaa-division-i-mens-and-womens-cross-country-championships-qualifiers
Mitchem has had a historic season for the Cowgirls. On her home course in Laramie for the 2022 Mountain West Championships Mitchem paced the Cowgirls to a fourth-place team finish and an individual performance of fifth overall in a loaded MW field.
Mitchem's times from the 2022 season.
NCAA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL (6K)| 20:30.8
MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP (6K) | 19:52.5
WIES_CROCKETT INVITATIONAL (6K) | 20:47.1
ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL (6K) | 21:13.9
WYOMING INVITE (5K) | 17:15.2
The women's 6K race will start at 8:20 (MST) with live results available at https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=5234
Fans can watch the race on ESPNU.
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