For Immediate Release
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Championship Website

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 2025 NSIC Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships are set for Friday, October 24 at Wayne Country Club in Wayne, Nebraska; hosted by Wayne State College.  The women's 6,000-meter race will begin at 12 p.m. followed by the men's 8,000-meter race at 1:15 p.m. and awards at 2:15 p.m. More information on the NSIC Cross Country Championships can be found at www.NorthernSun.org/NSICCC.

The women’s race will have 16 teams competing while 14 teams will run in the men’s race. Fans can follow the action via social media (#NSICCC) and on the NSIC Network. Admission to the championship is free. 

A new women’s individual champion will be crowned this season as reigning champion Alyssa Becker graduated from the University of Mary.  Augustana is the defending team champion, but Winona State is ranked 11th in the nation in the latest USTFCCCA ranking while Minnesota State is ranked 27th and Minnesota Duluth is receiving votes.  

The Augustana men, as a team, will be in search of its 15^th NSIC championship in the past 16 seasons. The Vikings enters the championship ranked 25th in the latest USTFCCCA Poll. Augustana's Ryan Hartman, the two-time defending men's champion, has graduated, opening the door for a new individual champion in 2025.  
 
The NCAA regional will take place on Saturday, November 8 at the Tom Rutledge CC Course in Joplin, Missouri.  The NCAA Championships are set for Saturday, November 22 at Wayne E Danehl National CC in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past three decades, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.