LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After Saturday, the the University of New Mexico may never want to run another national championship outside of Louisville.
For the second time in the last three years, the Lobo women's cross country team won the national title at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Louisville, relying on a dominant performance by individual winner Ednah Kurgat for its second team title ever.
Behind Kurgat's meet-record victory over the six-kilometer course at E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park, the second-ranked UNM women placed four scorers in the top 15 en route to becoming the ninth team in NCAA history to win multiple national titles in women's cross country.