NCAA Championship Berths on Line at South Central Regional

11/12/2026 9:21:00 AM | Cross Country

Kimeli aiming for fifth overall and third XC bid for national meet

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Hoping to qualify for her fifth overall NCAA Championship and third-straight cross country nationals, Baylor junior Ruth Kimeli will compete in the NCAA South Central Regional Friday morning at Texas A&M's Watts Cross Country Course.

Baylor's first All-Big 12 cross country runner in nine years, Kimeli finished 13th at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships two weeks ago in Stillwater, Okla. Running on this same course two years ago, she was fourth at the regional to qualify for nationals, and then finished eighth last year in Fayetteville, Ark., to earn a repeat…