ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No. 6 BYU looks to punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship meet as it races in the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships on Friday.
Date: Friday, Nov. 13
Time: 12 p.m. MST
Course: UNM North Golf Course
The Cougars are coming off a podium finish in the Big 12 Championship, led by senior James Corrigan and sophomore Tayvon Kitchen, who both placed in the top 15 and earned All-Conference honors.
Much like the Big 12 Championship, the Cougars will be running against a loaded field in the Mountain Region. It will be BYU’s first look this season at No. 1 New Mexico, who enter the meet having swept the top seven spots in the Mountain West Championship. The Lobos won the Mountain Regional in 2025, with BYU finishing second. The field also includes No. 2 Colorado, who just won the Big 12 Championship.
NCAA MOUNTAIN REGIONALS THIS WEEK 🙌 📺: This race will not be streamed https://t.co/waOL5j7vC2
— BYU Track & Field/Cross Country (@BYUTFXC) November 9, 2026
The top two teams in each of the nine regions receive an automatic bid to the championship meet. The NCAA Division I Cross Country Subcommittee then awards 14 at-large bids based on overall season résumé, as well as placement at each team's respective regional meet. BYU received an at-large bid with a fourth-place finish at last season’s regional meet.
New Mexico will host the meet for the first time since 2022, so it will once again be a new course for the Cougar harriers to learn. The race will also include some of the top individual runners in the nation, including New Mexico’s Evans Kiplagat and Colorado’s Meshack Kipruto.
Live results can be found here.