COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou cross country closes out the 2026 regular season Friday morning at the Nuttycombe Invitational, hosted by Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisc.
Friday’s action begins at 10:30 a.m. with the women’s 6K A race, followed by the men’s 8K A race at 11:10 a.m. The event also includes B races for both teams, with the women at 11:50 a.m. and the men at 12:30 p.m.
For the women, Elissa Barnard, Natalie Barnard, Rahel Broemmel, Mirriam Chepkirui, Charlotte Cullen, Maleah Eggers, Evyn Humphrey, Suzy Lecoutre, Emery Mayfield, Kobi Walker, Monica Wanjiku and Morgan Yeomans will represent the Tigers. On the men’s side, Joshua Allison, Joseph Bariola, Tyler Freiner, Raymond Kipkoech, Ethan Lee, Elijah Limo, Jean Kipchumba, Emmanuel Kiprop and Carter Spradling are slated to run.
Both squads continue to be ranked nationally, with the women at No. 19 and the men at No. 29 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll. In the USTFCCCA Regional Poll, the women are ranked third and the men fourth. FloTrack’s latest rankings slot the men 15th and the women 29th.
The field is loaded from top to bottom. From the latest USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll, 16 of the top 25 ranked teams will compete in the women’s 6K, including No. 3 Northern Arizona, No. 4 New Mexico and No. 5 Iowa State. In the men’s 8K, 17 of the top 25 ranked teams have entered the invitational, including No. 1 New Mexico and No. 2 Iowa State. Fellow SEC opponents No. 10 Florida, No. 16 Arkansas and No. 22 Tennessee will compete alongside the Tigers.
The Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course opened in the fall of 2009 and is hosting its 12th Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, considered one of the premier cross country events in the country. Wisconsin has also hosted the 2018 and 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships and will host this year’s Big Ten Championships.
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