Texas Tech University Athletics
Friday, November 14
Saly Lake City, UT
12:00 PM
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NCAA Mountain Region Championships
Red Raiders set for NCAA Regionals in Utah
November 13, 2025 | Cross Country
The Red Raiders will try to earn bids into the NCAA Championship
LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete in the 2025 NCAA Mountain Regional race hosted by Utah at the Regional Athletic Complex Friday morning.
The women's 6k race is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. CT, while the men's 10k race will begin at 12:30 a.m. CT.
Meet Coverage
Regional Knowledge
The regional championships help teams advance to the Division I cross country championships each year. The top two teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.
If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, it will have to rely on the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. Only two individual at-larges are selected, making a strong regional performance pivotal to advancing toward a national title.
Individual selections are a different story. From the regional, the first four finishers who do not belong to an automatic qualifier or an at-large team automatically advance to the championships. All four finishers have to finish in the top 25 within their region. Altogether, 36 individuals automatically qualify and two are chosen at-large, making 38 the grand total. The two at-large selections are the highest placing individuals at a regional that were not automatic qualifiers.
On The Lookout
Freshman Titus Kimaru has been on a tear this season. He was named a Big 12 Runner of the Week three times as he's placed inside the top-37 of each of his five races this year, collecting three wins. At Big 12s last week, he placed 11th overall, earning All-Conference honors.
On the women's side, look for Lily Mather to pace the squad. She holds a PB 6k time of 20:04.1 and finished 29th at Big 12s.
The women's 6k race is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. CT, while the men's 10k race will begin at 12:30 a.m. CT.
Meet Coverage
Regional Knowledge
The regional championships help teams advance to the Division I cross country championships each year. The top two teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.
If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, it will have to rely on the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. Only two individual at-larges are selected, making a strong regional performance pivotal to advancing toward a national title.
Individual selections are a different story. From the regional, the first four finishers who do not belong to an automatic qualifier or an at-large team automatically advance to the championships. All four finishers have to finish in the top 25 within their region. Altogether, 36 individuals automatically qualify and two are chosen at-large, making 38 the grand total. The two at-large selections are the highest placing individuals at a regional that were not automatic qualifiers.
On The Lookout
Freshman Titus Kimaru has been on a tear this season. He was named a Big 12 Runner of the Week three times as he's placed inside the top-37 of each of his five races this year, collecting three wins. At Big 12s last week, he placed 11th overall, earning All-Conference honors.
On the women's side, look for Lily Mather to pace the squad. She holds a PB 6k time of 20:04.1 and finished 29th at Big 12s.
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