No. 22 Utah Cross Country Sets Eyes on NCAA Championships Saturday Morning

Saturday, November 22

Gans Creek Cross Country Course / Columbia, MO

8:00 AM

University of Utah

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No. 22 Utah Cross Country Sets Eyes on NCAA Championships Saturday Morning

11/19/2025 5:52 PM | Cross Country

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The 22nd-ranked Utah cross country team will compete at the NCAA Championships for the eighth time in program history on Saturday.

SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 22-ranked Utah cross country team heads back to Columbia, Mo., this weekend to compete in the NCAA Championships for the eighth time in program history on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Gans Creek Cross Country Course.

Jon Anderson will have the call alongside Carrie Tollefson starting at 8 a.m. (MDT) on ESPNU with the gun slated to go off at 8:20 a.m. (MDT) for the women's race.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEET CENTRAL: Fan Info
HOST: University of Missouri
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 22
LOCATION: Columbia, Mo.
VENUE: Gans Creek XC Course (Course Map)
TIME: Women: 10:30am | Men: 11:30am
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RESULTS: View Results
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Josie Fale, Emily Junginger, Kyla Martin, Annastasia Peters, Lindsey Peters, Bri Rinn, Erin Vringer, Millie Wilcox
TEAMS PARTICIPATING: #20 Alabama, #2 BYU, #23 Boise State, #28 Boston College, #18 Colorado, #3 Florida, #10 Georgetown, #12 Iowa State, #30 LSU, #29 Missouri, #1 NC State, #4 New Mexico, #16 North Carolina, #14 Northern Arizona, #11 Northwestern, #5 Notre Dame, #8 Oklahoma State, #6 Oregon, #13 Penn State, Providence, #15 South Carolina, #9 Stanford, #21 Tennessee, #26 Texas A&M, #22 Utah, #17 Villanova, #19 Virginia, Wake Forest, #27 Washington, #25 Washington State, #7 West Virginia, #24 Wisconsin

TOEING THE LINE
Utah will send eight runners to the NCAA Championships with one serving as an alternate. From the eight, Josie Fale, Emily Junginger, Bri Rinn and Millie Wilcox will be making their first appearance at the championships. Kyla Martin and Lindsey Peters are appearing for the second time in their careers while Annastasia Peters and Erin Vringer will represent Utah for the third time at the NCAA Championships. Junginger marks the fourth-straight season the Utes have had a freshman run at the NCAA Championships and the 10th time overall.

FRESHMEN AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	NAME	DISTANCE	PLACE	TIME
2025	Emily Junginger	6K	--	--
2024	Marika Couture	6K	218th	21:23.7
2023	Katarzyna Nowakowska	6K	167th	21:10.2
2023	Annastasia Peters	6K	33rd	20:04.2
2022	Erin Vringer	6K	133rd	20:49.2
2019	Ellie Lundgreen	6K	228th	22:30.1
2016	Amanda Gehrich	6K	151st	21:04.3
2016	Ashley Licata	6K	238th	22:27.5
2016	Poppy Tank	6K	110th	20:52.8
1996	Lauren Adams	5K	84th	18:59
1996	Johanna Trevenen	5K	95th	19:04

UTAH AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
As a program, this will serve as the fifth-consecutive time that Utah has qualified as a team for the NCAA Championships and eighth time overall (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) – all of which have come under the direction of 21st-year head coach Kyle Kepler.

The 2022 squad recorded the best finish as a program, finishing in 12th-place while the 2023 team was just shy at 13th. The 2019 squad owns the third-best finish at 16th. Last year's team finished 19th-overall in 2024 while the 2016 and 2021 groups both finished in 20th-place. The inaugural squad to earn an NCAA Championships berth finished in 26th-place back in 2015.

YEAR	TEAM FINISH	BEST INDIVIDUAL FINISH	PLACE	TIME
2024	19th	Annastasia Peters	44th	20:08.0
2023	13th	McKaylie Caesar	26th	19:56.7
2022	12th	Emily Venters	12th	19:54.1
2021	20th	Bella Williams	50th	20:07.9
2019	16th	Poppy Tank	74th	21:05.8
2024	19th	Annastasia Peters	44th	20:08.0
2016	20th	Grayson Murphy	54rd	20:33.3
2015	26th	Hannah McInturff	104th	20:51.3

LAST TIME OUT AT GANS CREEK
Earlier this season, the Women of Utah placed fifth as a team at the Gans Creek XC Course and was led by Annastasia Peters (19:57.1) – who recorded a mark of 19:57.1. Erin Vringer was Utah's second finisher, placing 32nd at 20:04.4. Kyla Martin posted a new PR time of 20:20.0 for 51st with Lindsey Peters right behind her in 52nd (20:20.3). Millie Wilcox was Utah's fifth and final scorer, placing 62nd at 20:27.5 in her first-ever 6k race.

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