SACRAMENTO, Calif.---The Stan State women's cross country team traveled for the NCAA Division II National Championships at Arcade Creek Cross Country Course in Sacramento, California. The team placed 24^th out of 34 finishing teams on a very muddy course, with the area receiving two inches of rain in the 24 hours leading up to the race.

WOMEN: Annie Wild crossed the line first for Stan State in 67^th place with a time of 21:47.5, followed by Jacqueline Sanchez-Silva at 22:11.7 in 103^rd. Crystal Hernandez was next in 149^th coming in at 22:36.5 with Tessa Vasquez (188^th, 23:08.8), Nina Furtado (206^th, 23:33), and Kayden Legan (254^th, 25:34) finishing the race next.

TEAM: Adams State was the NCAA Division II Women's Champion with 61 points, though Grand Valley State's Lauren Kiley was the first-place finisher at 20:28.5. Elena Carey finished in seventh place with a time of 20:43.2 to cross the line first for Adams State, with their top five runners all completing the race in the top 20. Rounding out the top five teams were West Texas A&M (127 points), CSU-Pueblo (160 points), Grand Valley State (179 points), and Colorado School of Mines (238 points).
 
BRIGHT FUTURE: Stan State finished in 24^th with 620 points as the youngest team in the field, a remarkable showing to highlight the talent of the program. The Warriors have been to nationals three times in the past four years as well, with a program best 12^th place in 2021.
 
RESULTS: You can find full results for the women's race here.