New Mexico’s bid for a third NCAA national championship in women’s cross country came up short Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
With a runner-up finish, however, the Lobos will be bringing back a trophy for a top-three finish for the seventh time in the last nine seasons.
And for just the second time in program history, UNM’s top five runners earned All-American status by finishing among the top 40.
Second-ranked New Mexico totaled 140 points; the top-ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack won the title with 114 points at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course.
“To do this seven out of last nine years, to bring a trophy back to New Mexico, it is so rarefied,” UNM coach Joe Franklin said.
New Mexico’s pack run can’t quite outrun the Pack at NCAA Championships
