2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Results

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – California Baptist’s Greta Karinauskaite, the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year, capped a fantastic 2023 season at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Panorama Farms Cross Country Course.
 
Karinauskaite finished the women’s championship 6K with a time of 19:39.4 in 17th place, capturing All-America honors and posting the best individual finish by a WAC women’s student-athlete at the NCAA Championships since 2014. CBU placed 17th as a team after scoring 414 points, believed to be the best team showing by a WAC women’s lineup at the national meet since 1998. Yasna Petrova finished in 45th place with a time of 20:08.2 and Emilia Mikszuta placed 121st with a time of 20:49.3. Other scoring times for the Lancers included Marina Trave (157th place, 21:04.9) and Abir Reffas (179th place, 21:16.7).
 
Reigning WAC women’s team champion Utah Valley finished 23rd at the NCAA Championships after scoring 501 points. Point scorers for the Wolverines included Morgan Nokes (68th place, 20:28.5), Abbie Fuhriman (123rd place, 20:49.9), Ari Trimble (127th place, 20:51.3), Anna Martin (147th place, 20:58.6) and Lydia Beus (172nd place, 21:12.0).
 
UT Arlington’s Matro Jepkemboi, competing unattached as an automatic individual qualifier, placed 85th in the women’s national championship 6K. The WAC Cross Country Freshman of the Year clocked a time of 20:33.8.
 
In the men’s championship 10K, CBU logged the best men’s team finish by a WAC member since the 1995 NCAA meet after compiling 430 points to register a 16th place showing. WAC Cross Country Men’s Athlete of the Year Arturs Medveds led the way for the Lancers in 52nd place with a time of 30:01.3. Other point scorers for CBU in the 10K included Valentin Soca (86th place, 30:26.7), Giedrius Valincius (96th place, 30:31.8), Matias Reynaga (140th place, 30:57.5) and Joaquin Campos (145th place, 30:58.6).  
 
WAC Cross Country Representatives At The 2023 NCAA DI Championships
November 18
Panorama Farms Cross Country Course
Charlottesville, Virginia
 
WOMEN’S 6K CHAMPIONSHIP
17. California Baptist (414 points)
17. Greta Karinauskaite, 19:39.4 (All-America)
45. Yasna Petrova, 20:08.2
121. Emilia Mikszuta, 20:49.3
157. Marina Trave, 21:04.9
179. Abir Reffas, 21:16.7
201. Lamiae Mamouni, 21:34.0
215. Maja Dzialoszewska, 21:44.1
 
23. Utah Valley (501 points)
68. Morgan Nokes, 20:28.5
123. Abbie Fuhriman, 20:49.9
127. Ari Trimble, 20:51.3
147. Anna Martin, 20:58.6
172. Lydia Beus, 21:12.0
213. Caila Odekirk, 21:42.5
214. Oakley Olson, 21:43.3
 
Unattached
85. Matro Jepkemboi, UT Arlington, 20:33.8

MEN’S 10K CHAMPIONSHIP
16. California Baptist (430 points)
52. Arturs Medveds (30:01.3)
86. Valentin Soca (30:26.7)
96. Giedrius Valincius (30:31.8)
140. Matias Reynaga (30:57.5)
145. Joaquin Campos (30:58.6)
211. Pedro Marin (32:01.4)