11/14/2026 3:22:00 PM | Cross Country
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 14, 2026) – Senior Eowyn Dalbec was selected as an individual qualifier for the 2026 NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championship, announced on the Saturday selection show.
Dalbec, a redshirt-senior from Peyton, Colo., finished with a time of 20:28.8 for 14th in the Mountain Regional. She earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region honors for her top 25 finish. She also led the Cowgirls to a sixth-place team finish, the highest at a regional since 2014.
Her championship ticket wasn't officially punched until the selection show on Saturday, though the chances were high. Because the Cowgirl team didn't automatically qualify for the championship, Dalbec needed an individual spot. The top four finishers in the top 25, and not on a qualifying team, earn a spot. With the automatic bids from New Mexico and New Mexico yesterday, and the at-large bids from BYU, Utah and Colorado, she moved into a top-four finisher spot.
Dalbec becomes the eighth individual Cowgirl to make the national championship and the first since Katelyn Mitchem did so in 2022.
On her performance to make the championship, Head Coach Scott Dahlberg said, Eowyn had an amazing race and put herself in a qualifying spot. That's an incredible outcome to her season and cross country career.
The NCAA Championship hosted by Indiana State will take place on Nov. 21 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
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