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🚨 THAT'S A WRAP FOR THE CLASS OF 2026 🥳

@TheStrideReport's FINAL edition of our boys' and girls' top-50 distance recruit rankings from the Class of 2026 are now on the site! 📈📊

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🚨 BREAKING: The NCAA (D1) has voted to eliminate altitude and track-size conversions as they pertain to NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Championship qualifying. 🏔️

Programs such as NAU, BYU, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana State and many more more will be heavily impacted by the decision. 😳

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More on the ground-breaking decision to eliminate conversions, as well as the reasoning from the NCAA, below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/1Ik38Js6Qq

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🚨 BREAKING: The NCAA (D1) has voted to eliminate altitude and track-size conversions as they pertain to NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Championship qualifying. 🏔️

Programs such as NAU, BYU, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana State and many more more will be heavily impacted by the decision. 😳

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More on RMU adding a men's outdoor track and field program below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/OsX7Vs6Lzl

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🚨 ICYMI: Earlier this month, Robert Morris University announced that they are reintroducing their men's Division One outdoor track and field program as a sponsored sport. 🔵🔴

The Colonials reintroduced their men's cross country program in 2020. They last sponsored men's outdoor track and field in 2014. 🏃💨

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More on the Golden Bears' newest coaching hire below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/0zmEoRCOnN

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ICYMI: The University of California, Berkley has announced that they have hired Brandon Lawrence as the team's next distance coach. 🐻

Lawrence was previously an assistant coach at Cal Poly and Wake Forest. 🏃💨

He will now oversee a Cal distance program that has not sent a team to the NCAA XC Championships since 2016 (men) and 2017 (women). 🔵🟡

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The NAIA cross country scene is setting up to be just as entertaining as last fall -- and maybe even more so! 🔥👀

On the site, we offered in-depth analysis and broke down a slew of top men's NAIA distance programs for this fall. 📈🌟

Go read up on the site! 👨‍💻
https://t.co/NApmqegggu

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Could the fall of 2026 be one of the most competitive season of women's cross country that the NAIA has ever seen? 🏆🤔

With so many returners, that certainly appears to be the case...📈🔥
https://t.co/3dnmyYVkWj

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The UW-La Crosse men have won the last two NCAA D3 team titles in cross country. 🦅🏆🏆

This year, however, they'll have their hands full with NUMEROUS departures. 😳

On the site, we break down what feels like a wide-open year for the men's D3 team title! Read below! 👨‍💻
https://t.co/ZsjzxpMqVt

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More on the middle distance virtuoso heading to Kansas State below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/EicSl2rw48

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🚨 BREAKING: @TheStrideReport has confirmed that Kansas State has hired Brent Ewing as the program's next middle distance coach. 📈

Ewing, who was previously the Head Coach at Indian Hills CC, was responsible for producing numerous 800-meter superstars during his time at the JUCO level. 🌟

Standout half-milers to have previously competed for Ewing include Raynier Galvez, Rivaldo Marshall and Tyrice Taylor. 🔥💥

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More on the Rebels' new hire below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/5K897vMfr7

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🚨 ICYMI: Ole Miss has hired Brandon Hazouri as the program's next head distance coach! 🔴🔵

Hazouri, who was previously an assistant coach at Wake Forest, will now take over for Adam Smith who left the Rebels earlier this month to join William & Mary as the program's next Director of Cross Country and Track & Field. 🟢🟡

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The NYU women were flat-out dominant last fall -- and they may be just as good in 2026. 🟣🏆

Can any other team further complicate the national title picture? Which programs will enter the podium conversation? 🤔

Our women's D3 "Way Too Early" XC Preview is now on the site with TONS of in-depth analysis! Go read up! 👩‍💻
https://t.co/NHzrMu07aJ

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More on the Ducks' newest ace below...⬇️👇
https://t.co/uPhKcr93bp

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QUACK QUACK! 🦆 Washington's Evan Jenkins has transferred to the University of Oregon! 👀

The now-former Husky has run times of 3:57 (mile), 7:46 (3k), 13:22 (5k) and 28:03 (10k). 🔥

Jenkins was the 10k champion at the 2024 Stanford Invite and has made four appearances on the national stage across all three seasons of competition. 🏆📈

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ICYMI: North Carolina has hired Ann Dunn as the program's next women's distance coach! 🐏👣

Dunn was previously the head coach at The Covenant School in Charlottesville, Virginia. 🏃‍♀️💨

There, she developed names like Reese Dalton and Maddie Gardiner, two rising juniors who currently compete for the Tar Heels. 🎽
https://t.co/RhCUw6QEHG

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The Adams State men are the most dominant distance program in D2 history, but haven't won NCAA team gold since 2017. 🐻

Could that change this fall? 🏆🤔

We have an in-depth men's D2 "way too early" preview for the upcoming XC season! Read up below! ⬇️👇
https://t.co/0VhjfuzhZq

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Since 2012, only Grand Valley State and Adams State have won the women's NCAA D2 XC team title. 🏆🤯

But could that all change in 2026? 🤔

We dissect that, and so. much. more. in our latest NCAA D2 "Way Too Early" XC Preview! Read up below! ⬇️👇
https://t.co/uvf56g7ruJ