First time in meet history two schools capture both individual and team titles in respective genders, with Stanford securing first men’s victory since 2012 in Madison; North Carolina State edges New Mexico on head-to-head tiebreaker for only women’s crown, aided by Tuohy and Chmiel taking top two

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

MADISON, Wis. – Katelyn Tuohy moved to the front early Friday at the 13th Nuttycombe Wisconsin Cross Country Invitational and the North Carolina State standout never left the lead pack in the women’s 6-kilometer championship race.

Ky Robinson also surged to the lead at the 2-kilometer mark for Stanford, briefly fell off the pace in the latter stages of the men’s 8-kilometer championship competition, only to deliver one of the most impressive surges in meet history in the final 200 meters.

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North Carolina State also followed Tuohy’s lead by building a significant advantage at the midway point, only to have New Mexico close strong in the final kilometer to create one of the most dramatic finishes at the Thomas Zimmer Championship course.

Stanford also set the tone early, before relinquishing the lead at stretches to both Northern Arizona and Brigham Young, only to finish with a flurry to capture its first men’s title at Nuttycombe in a decade.

For the first time in meet history, two schools swept the individual and team crowns in the same year, with Tuohy clocking 19 minutes, 44.3 seconds, followed by teammate Kelsey Chmiel placing second in 19:49.4 for North Carolina State, which edged three-time winner New Mexico on a head-to-head tiebreaker after the top two programs in the country both accumulated 80 points.

North Carolina State, which won its first women’s team title at Nuttycombe, had Tennessee transfer Sydney Seymour prevail as the No. 4 scorer for the Wolfpack, with New Mexico holding the advantage at the Nos. 3 and 5 positions.

Stanford relied on Robinson producing the fastest 8-kilometer performance in Madison since the course was redesigned in 2018, rallying to edge Northern Arizona’s Nico Young by a 23:09.9 to 23:10.0 margin to become the first Cardinal male athlete to triumph at Nuttycombe since Maxim Korolev in 2014.

Charles Hicks took third in 23:12.7 and Cole Sprout was seventh in 23:18.6 for Stanford, which also had Devin Hart place 13th in 23:26.0 and Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau clock 23:36.1 to achieve 30th, leading the No. 2 Cardinal to a 54-89 victory against top-ranked Brigham Young, which decided not to run Casey Clinger and Christian Allen.

Stanford had placed second in Madison four times since its last men’s team title at Nuttycombe in 2012.

BYU had a projected 20-point advantage against Stanford at the 6-kilometer split and finished with a two-second gap among its five scorers, but the Cougars were unable to overcome the strength up front demonstrated by the Cardinal.

Joey Nokes was 15th in 23:26.6, followed by Brandon Garnica (23:27.1) and Aidan Troutner clocking 23:27.3 in his season debut for BYU, which had twin brothers Creed Thompson (23:28.4) and Davin Thompson (23:28.5) place 20th and 21st, respectively.

Northern Arizona, a five-time champion at Nuttycombe, led at the midway point, but couldn’t provide the necessary support late in the race for Young and fifth-place finisher Drew Bosley (23:17.2), enduring a third consecutive setback for the first time since 2015.

Air Force relied on a 10th-place performance from Sam Gilman (23:24.3) and all five scorers in the top 40 to place fourth with 145 points.

Carter Solomon was ninth in 23:23.4 for Notre Dame, which finished fifth with 186 points.

Tulsa showcased Michael Power earning 11th in 23:25.2 and Shay McEvoy securing 14th in 23:26.5 to grab sixth with 214 points and host Wisconsin was seventh with 221 points, highlighted by a fourth-place effort from Bob Liking (23:14.0).

North Carolina sophomore Parker Wolfe was sixth in 23:17.9, Harvard junior Acer Iverson achieved seventh in 23:22.1 and Furman sophomore Dylan Schubert secured 12th in 23:25.9.

Colorado earned eighth with 225 points, followed by Villanova (343 points) and North Carolina State (366 points) rounding out the top 10 men’s programs.

North Carolina State supported Tuohy and Chmiel with Samantha Bush placing 18th in 20:12.0, Seymour dropped from the early lead pack, but still achieved 23rd in 20:17.8 and Nevada Mareno ascended to 36th in the final kilometer, clocking 20:25.3 to help the Wolfpack become the first reigning NCAA Division 1 women’s champion triumph the following year at Nuttycombe.

New Mexico had a spread of less than 13 seconds among its five scorers, with Samree Dishon (20:05.9) and Gracelyn Larkin (20:06.0) finishing eighth and ninth, respectively.

Amelia Mazza-Downie grabbed 12th in 20:08.1 and the Lobos had sophomore Elise Thorner (20:18.0) and Emma Heckel (20:18.4) finish 25th and 26th overall for New Mexico, which overcame a projected 51-point deficit against North Carolina State over the final 2-kilometer stretch.

Northern Arizona relied on sophomore Elise Stearns taking third in 19:57.5 to also place third as a team with 244 points, edging fourth-place BYU at 252 points. The Cougars had Aubrey Frentheway finish 11th in 20:06.6 and McKenna Lee-Hansen achieving 15th in 20:11.6.

Oregon State had Kaylee Mitchell (20:00.5) and Grace Fetherstonhaugh (20:10.9) capture fourth and 14th, respectively, with the Pac-12 also showcasing Bailey Hertenstein of Colorado in fifth in 20:02.7 and Utah’s Emily Venters securing sixth in 20:02.9.

Harvard’s Maia Ramsden earned seventh in 20:04.5, Arkansas’ Isabel Van Camp placed 10th in 20:06.3 and Utah Valley’s Everlyn Kemboi continued her impressive season by finishing 13th in 20:09.2.

Notre Dame was fifth with 257 points, ahead of Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina in sixth with 280 points.

A trio of Pac-12 teams followed, with seventh-place Stanford (285 points), edging Utah (303 points) and Colorado (306 points). Oregon was 11th with 363 points, just behind Georgetown at 310 points.

In the earlier open races, unattached Colorado freshman Isaiah Givens prevailed in the men’s 8-kilometer race in 23:59.2, ahead of Toledo’s Dennis Mutai (24:01.5).

Colorado followed with three scoring runners in the top six to edge Notre Dame by a 68-69 margin.

Sarah Eckel of New Mexico triumphed in the women’s open 6-kilometer race in 20:48.2, holding off Melissa Tanaka of Stanford in 20:51.5 and BYU’s Madi Moffitt (20:52.7).

BYU prevailed by a 33-50 margin against New Mexico, which had Sophie Eckel win in the open race in 2018 in 20:59.1.