Can both Western Washington cross country teams make it five straight GNAC titles?
Thanks to the NCAA Division II Fall Sports Festival , which groups all of the sports with fall championships in one metropolitan area (in 2026, it's the Kansas City area), the Great Northwest Athletic Conference cross country championship meet is two weeks later than usual. This year's championship meet is set for Saturday at Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth, Oregon, hosted by Western Oregon University. The men's 8k gets the meet started at 10 am, with the women's 6k following 45 minutes later. The big story surrounding the meet is whether or not both Western Washington squads can win their fifth straight cross country team titles. Should the Western women win on Saturday, they will tie Alaska Anchorage for the most consecutive team titles with five, a streak that UAA accomplished from 2009-13. The men on the other hand, have a ways to go to threaten the GNAC record of seven straight team titles won by Alaska Anchorage from 2010-16. MEN'S PREVIEW... As we said in our ...
