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Top NCAA DI, NCAA DIII Squads Shine Across The Nation ::: USTFCCCA
USTFCCCA News & Notes
By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA
October 17, 2025  
This is the biggest weekend of the regular season, bar none.
Top NCAA DI and NCAA DIII teams take center stage across the nation.
From The USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meets & Results
You have the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Verona, Wisconsin, the Pre-National Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, the Augustana Interregional Invitational in Rock Island, Illinois, and the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford, Connecticut, among others.
Here are the highlights from each of those meets.
Pre-National Invitational
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Men’s Invitational 8k
Unheralded champions reigned on Friday.
Kelvin Cheruiyot of Florida and the unranked Georgia Bulldogs stole the show at the Missouri Pre-National Invitational. Cheruiyot surged late to win the individual crown in 22:44.6, while Georgia took down No. 19 Missouri and No. 24 Ole Miss to claim the team title.
The Bulldogs took control between 2k and 3k after trailing by a single point at 2k, then stretched the advantage to 63 at 7k before sealing a 119-164 victory over the Tigers.
Women’s Invitational 6k
What a debut!
Prized recruit Jane Hedengren stormed the individual title – and powered No. 1 BYU to the team crown – at the Missouri Pre-National Invitational. Hedengren shattered the course record by 25 seconds with her 18:42.3 victory, and the top-ranked Cougars rolled to a 25-170 rout over No. 19 Villanova.
BYU packed five runners in the top ten behind the debuting Hedengren: Riley Chamberlain (third, 19:08.6), Taylor Rothanisky (sixth, 19:41.6), Jacey Farmer (seventh, 19:45.6), Lexi Goff (eighth, 19:46.5), and Nelah Robert (tenth, 19:50.5).
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational
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Men’s 8k Championship
Two shoes is better than one – but four athletes in the top 13 is even better when you’re looking to impress, as New Mexico did on Friday.
Habtom Samuel led the third-ranked Lobos to the team title over 18 other ranked programs at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. Samuel, who famously finished second at the NCAA Championships last year in Wisconsin wearing just one shoe, kept both on this year and cruised to the individual title in 22:58.0.
Behind him, Collins Kiprotich (sixth) and Evans Kipligat (ninth) finished in the top ten, while Vincent Chirchir placed 13th. That quartet, along with Matthew Kosgei in 22nd, propelled New Mexico to an emphatic 51-149 victory over No. 5 Colorado.
No. 11 Syracuse took third with 152 points, followed by No. 13 Northern Arizona (203) and No. 6 BYU (218) in fourth and fifth.
Women’s 6k Championship
“Enough is enough” – Grace Hartman and No. 2 NC State, probably.
Hartman and the Wolfpack made a statement on Friday, sweeping the individual and team titles. The senior from Oakwood, Ohio, cruised to a 4.6-second victory in 19:30.1 over teammate Angelina Napoleon – both of whom made their season debuts – as the Wolfpack dismantled a loaded field featuring 18 other nationally ranked programs, including five in the top ten.
Hartman had run shoulder-to-shoulder with Washington State’s Rosemary Longisa through more than 4k of the 6k race before breaking away from the Gans Creek Invitational individual champion. Napoleon eventually passed Longisa, as well, with Hartman and Napoleon among four NC State runners in the top 11. Bethany Michalak and Hannah Gapes rounded out the Wolfpack’s top performers in ninth and 11th, respectively.
The Wolfpack dominated the team standings with 41 points, a full 84 points ahead of No. 7 Notre Dame. No. 16 Iowa State surprised with third place at 176 points, followed by No. 9 West Virginia (190) and No. 18 Northwestern (225) in fourth and fifth.
Augustana Interregional Invitational
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Men’s Gold Division 8k
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Women’s Gold Division 6k
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Connecticut College Invitational
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Men’s 8k Blue Championship
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Women’s 6k Blue Championship
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