Deacons Selected to Compete at NCAA Cross Country Championship
3/7/2021 12:51:00 PM | Cross Country
Wake Forest’s nationally-ranked men’s cross country has been selected to compete at the NCAA Championship on Monday, March 15.
NCAA Cross Country Championship Information
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Wake Forest's nationally ranked men's cross country team has qualified to compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the first time since 2001. The Demon Deacons men's team enters the selection show ranked No. 2 in the southeast region and No. 21 in the national coaches' poll.
The 2021 individual and team championships will be decided on March 15 and will air on ESPNU with coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma State University will play host at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
When Wake Forest last competed at the national meet 20 years ago, the Demon Deacons placed 19th overall.
The men's program has been training all spring following a third-place finish at the 2020 ACC Championships. That was the first time since 2001 that the Demon Deacons entered the national rankings and it was their best finish at the conference meet since 2001.
At that meet, four Wake Forest student-athletes earned All-ACC honors with top-20 finishes, led by Carter Coughlin crossing in fifth.
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