SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - men’s Cross Country scored 67 points and finished second to qualify for the NCAA National Championship Friday morning.
Freshman standout Tayvon Kitchen finished in stride with Senior teammate Davin Thompson to take fifth and sixth overall crossing the line in 30:09.6 and 30:09.7 respectively. Sophomore Noah Jenkins came across the line third for the Cougars finishing 10th overall in 30:15.3.
Sophomore Max Davis and Senior James Corrigan rounded out the top five for the Cougars finishing in 21st and 25th overall in 30:44.0 and 30:56.9.
"The Regional meet is about qualifying for the national meet. We did just that, and actually we came in wanting to run easy and take third or fourth. We exceeded that goal by taking second to secure the automatic berth.” Head coach Ed Eyestone said, “This sport is all about momentum and between the Big 12 championship two weeks ago and today we really have that momentum on our side.”
With a second place team finish BYU automatically qualifies to compete at the NCAA National Championship on November 22nd.
All five scorers for BYU finished in the top 25 tabbing them as All-Region athletes for the Mountain Region.
BYU Men
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 5th | Tayvon Kitchen | 30:09.6 |
| 6th | Davin Thompson | 30:09.7 |
| 10th | Noah Jenkins | 30:15.3 |
| 21st | Max Davis | 30:44.0 |
| 25th | James Corrigan | 30:50.9 |
| 27th | Garrett Stanford | 30:59.8 |
| 31st | Dalton Mortensen | 31:06.4 |
Up Next
BYU travels to Columbia, Missouri to race at the NCAA National Championship on November 22nd at 10:10 a.m. CT. Steaming will be available on ESPNU.