No. 4 BYU heads to Iowa for first-ever Big 12 Championship

PROVO, Utah — No. 4 BYU heads to Iowa for its first-ever Big 12 championship Saturday morning. 

BYU is entering the championship portion of the season after a win at the XC-23 Pre-Nationals in Virginia. Carmen Alder was the first women to cross the line in 19:36.2 as all five scoring Cougars finished in the top 10 and the team finished with just 32 points.

The Big 12 championship will be a 6,000-meter race run at the Iowa State Cross Country Course in Ames, Iowa. 

Three Big 12 teams enter the meet listed in the USTFCCCA top 30: BYU at No. 4, Oklahoma State at No. 6 and Iowa State at No. 17. 

Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. MT

Following the Big 12 conference championship, BYU will travel to Lubbock, Texas for the NCAA Mountain Regional on Nov. 10.