University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Friday, November 13
Albuquerque, NM
10 a.m. MT
University of Northern Colorado
vs
NCAA Regional Championships
11/13/2026 11:58:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Claire Nowels and Sabina Stroia closed out Northern Colorado's cross country season Friday at the NCAA Mountain Regional, racing the women's 6K at the UNM North Golf Course against a field of 116 runners from 18 teams.
Nowels led the Bears with a 23:20.2, finishing 96th. Stroia followed in 24:21.9 to place 113th.
The two had been Northern Colorado's front pair all fall, trading the team's top time back and forth. Stroia ran 21:25.6 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, the fastest 6K of the Bears' season, and her third-place finish in 18:56.40 at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial on Oct. 9 was the program's best individual result of the year.
Nowels ran 21:34.0 at Santa Clara, then answered with Northern Colorado's fastest time at the Big Sky Championships on Oct. 30, a 17:46.40 that edged Stroia by a tenth of a second.
Friday's regional was the qualifying meet for the NCAA Championships, and it brings the Bears' fall to a close.
FOLLOW THE BEARS:
For complete coverage of UNC Athletics, check out the official homepage at uncbears.com. Follow the cross country and track and field teams on X (@UNC_BearsTFXC), and Instagram (@UNC_BearsXCTF).
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Nowels led the Bears with a 23:20.2, finishing 96th. Stroia followed in 24:21.9 to place 113th.
The two had been Northern Colorado's front pair all fall, trading the team's top time back and forth. Stroia ran 21:25.6 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, the fastest 6K of the Bears' season, and her third-place finish in 18:56.40 at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial on Oct. 9 was the program's best individual result of the year.
Nowels ran 21:34.0 at Santa Clara, then answered with Northern Colorado's fastest time at the Big Sky Championships on Oct. 30, a 17:46.40 that edged Stroia by a tenth of a second.
Friday's regional was the qualifying meet for the NCAA Championships, and it brings the Bears' fall to a close.
FOLLOW THE BEARS:
For complete coverage of UNC Athletics, check out the official homepage at uncbears.com. Follow the cross country and track and field teams on X (@UNC_BearsTFXC), and Instagram (@UNC_BearsXCTF).
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