The Cougars enter the final meet of the 2023 season with four wins and one second-place finish. Most notably, the program won BYU's first Big 12 championship across all sports. Seven women placed in the top 15 to earn All-Big 12 honors.
This week, the women will return to Panorama farms where they won the XC-23 Pre-Nationals Invitational last month. Carmen Alder led the charge for the Cougars, winning the meet individually with a time of 19:36.2. The 6,000-meter grass course will remain the same as BYU seeks to benefit from its prior experience on the course.
The NCAA has selected a 31 team field to compete at the national championship meet. No. 1 Northern Arizona, No. 2 NC State, No. 3 BYU, No. 4 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Stanford round out the top five teams. The Big 12 will be represented by No. 3 BYU, No. 4 Oklahoma State and No. 16 Iowa State.
The BYU women qualify for the national championship race for the eighth-straight season under head coach Diljeet Taylor.
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Season
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Place
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2023
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TBD
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2022
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8th
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2021
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2nd
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2020-21
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1st
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2019
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2nd
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2018
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10th
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2017
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7th
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2016
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10th
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Notes
- BYU has won five national championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2020-21)
- Individual national champions: Whittni Orton (2021)
- Diljeet Taylor has coached seven athletes to 15 All-America honors during her time at BYU
