Runners Eye Rare Opportunity To Run NCAA Indoor and Cross Country In The Same Weekend

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Distance runners at the college level have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make up for lost time this weekend with the NCAA Championships in Division 1 Indoor Track and Cross Country compressed into a four-day window. 

More than 40 athletes have the potential to compete at both events, although not everyone on this list will do both. It's unclear how many will. 

What follows is a list compiled from the NCAA Indoor entries in the Mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters and matched against the teams and individuals who were selected Sunday for the Cross Country championships. 

Some athletes, like Washington's Sam Tanner, are likely to compete at the indoor meet Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., but have not participated in cross country this season. Still, it's possible that he could join the Huskies on Monday in Stillwater, Okla. 

BYU's runners are targeting one event or the other, and not doubling. 

Many others on this list are fully expected to compete in both events. 

We'll update this post as we learn more and follow these athletes through the upcoming weekend.  

Eligible For The Double

Men

Waleed Suliman, Ole Miss (Mile, 3,000)/XC

Duncan Hamilton, Montana State (Mile)/XC

George Kusche, Nebraska (Mile)/XC

Aaron Wier, Furman (Mile)/XC

Mario Garcia Romo, Ole Miss (3,000)/XC

Ahmed Jaziri, Eastern Kentucky (3,000)/XC

Aaron Bienenfeld, Cincinnati (5,000)/XC

Alec Sandusky, Cincinnati (5,000)/XC

Cameron Ponder, Furman (3,000)/XC

Amon Kemboi, Arkansas (3,000/5,000)/XC

Gilbert Boit, Arkansas (3,000/5,000)/XC

Wesley Kiptoo, Iowa State (5,000)/XC

Adriaan Wildschutt, Florida State (5,000)/XC

Shea Foster, SE Louisiana (5,000)/XC

Jacob McLeod, Arkansas (5,000)/XC

Ben Veatch, Indiana (5,000)/XC

Matt Young, Arkansas (5,000)/XC

Devin Meyrer, Michigan (5,000)/XC

Women

Katelyn Tuohy, North Carolina State (DMR/XC)

Krissy Gear, Arkansas (Mile)/XC

Lotte Black, Rhode Island (Mile)/XC

Kaley Richards, UMass-Lowell (Mile)/XC

Gracie Hyde, Arkansas (Mile)/XC

Kennedy Thomson, Arkansas (Mile)/XC

Allie Schadler, Washington (3,000)/XC

Lauren Gregory, Arkansas (3,000)/XC

Maudie Skyring, Florida State (3,000)/XC

Alyson Churchill, Florida State (3,000)/XC

Nicole Fegans, Georgia Tech (3,000)/XC

Logan Morris, Arkansas (3,000)/XC

Abby Gray, Arkansas (3,000)/XC

Jenna Magness, Michigan State (5,000)/XC

Hannah Steelman, North Carolina State (5,000)/XC

Ericka VanderLende, Michigan (5,000)/XC

Grace Forbes, Rice (5,000)/XC

Bethany Hasz, Minnesota (5,000)/XC

Kelsey Chmiel, North Carolina State (5,000)/XC

Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Oregon State (5,000)/XC

Mahala Norris, Air Force (5,000)/XC

Ashley Tutt, Northern Illinois (5,000)/XC