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BYU athletic department leads in final Directors' Cup fall standings

January 13, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU Athletics landed at No. 1 in the nation in the Division I Learfield Directors' Cup fall standings published Thursday.
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BYU cross country sweeps WCC Championship...again

November 04, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU cross country sweeps WCC Championship…again
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Teamwork leads BYU cross country to victory at first meet of season

September 11, 2021 12:00 AM
From the adrenaline of the first stretch to the sweaty sinews of the last exhilarating push for the finish line, the BYU men's and women's cross country teams took away great wins from the first meet of the season at the Autumn Classic at Timpanogos Golf Club in Provo.
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Former BYU runner goes TikTok viral after year-long journey to becoming professional athlete

August 06, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU cross country alumna Makenna Myler went viral on TikTok after her husband, Mike, posted a video on July 26 detailing her journey through pregnancy, to the Olympic trials, and most recently a professional partnership with shoe retailer ASICS.
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BYU Athletics clarifies head coach practice with promotion of Diljeet Taylor

July 20, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU Athletics announced the promotion of Diljeet Taylor to women's cross country head coach on Tuesday, using the change as an opportunity to clarify that it was a 'practice but not a policy' that head coaches were often members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the past.
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Diljeet Taylor takes BYU women's distance runners to the next level

May 28, 2021 12:00 AM
The BYU women's cross country team is running in unison during a grillingpractice and in the distance, all that can be heard is a coach yelling, 'This is fun!'
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BYU cross country transfer Elijah Armstrong hopes to realize national championship aspirations

March 15, 2021 12:00 AM
Former Boise State cross country runner Elijah Armstrong witnessed BYU win the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championship and now he is running with the Cougars 'at the place (he) needed to be.'
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BYU distance runner Conner Mantz pushing the limits

March 11, 2021 12:00 AM
Breaking BYU's school record was the only thing on Conner Mantz' mind as the BYU junior track and cross country All-American lined up for the 5,000-meter race at the UW Invitational on Feb. 12.
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NCAA releases official spring season start dates for cross country, soccer, and volleyball

September 25, 2020 12:00 AM
NCAA releases official spring season start dates for cross country, soccer and volleyball
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BYU track stars crush basketball mile world record

September 11, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU track stars crush basketball mile world record
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COVID-19 stops 2020 cross country season, can't stop BYU runners

September 08, 2020 12:00 AM
COVID-19 stops 2020 cross country season, can't stop BYU runners
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Fall BYU Olympic sports canceled with WCC announcement

August 15, 2020 12:00 AM
Fall BYU Olympic sports canceled with WCC announcement
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West Coast Conference delays start of fall season until Sept. 24

July 17, 2020 12:00 AM
West Coast Conference delays start of fall season until Sept. 24
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Defining moments: Men's cross country wins first national championship, women take second

June 09, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: To help fill the sports void, The Universe is taking a look at some of the more memorable moments of the 2019-20 season across all BYU sports ina series of stories.
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Ed Eyestone's Cross Country Legacy

December 06, 2019 12:00 AM
PROVO -- The BYU men's cross country team won the national championship last week in dramatic fashion, running through the rain and the mud, but the man behind all the success is head coach Ed Eyestone.
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BYU's cross country teams capture national championship and runner-up titles

November 25, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU cross country took the NCAA championship by storm with the men’s team winning their first-ever national championship and the women’s team coming in second on Saturday, Nov. 23. It marks the first time in program history that both the men’s and women’s teams placed top-two in the country.
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Identical twins prompt double take on cross-country course

November 15, 2019 12:00 AM
Spectators are sweating in the hot sun as they watch exhausted young men running with all their might, fighting against the heat. Friends and parents cheer while coaches stand to the side and remind the athletes what they’re here for.
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Second Wind Running

November 26, 2018 12:00 AM
On Saturday, the USA track and field association held the Junior Olympics cross country state championship for Utah in Holladay. One team participating was Second Wind Running. It is a local club cross country team that helps kids participate in cross country. Caroline Ridge, a runner on the team said she has been running for, “I think three years.”
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