Michigan
NCAA Great Lakes Regional
11/10/2026 11:03:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's cross country team will continue its postseason at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday (Nov. 13). The women's 6K championship race will begin at 10 a.m. at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich.
Notes
• The Wolverines opened their postseason at the Big Ten Championships last Friday (Oct. 30), finishing sixth with 171 points. Penelopea Gordon led the way for Michigan, placing 19th in 20:17.0 and earning second team All-Big Ten honors.
• Brooke Johnston (20:25.9) and Rylee Tolson (20:37.0) placed 24th and 33rd, respectively. Tolson set a new personal best, while Johnston was within two-tenths of a second of her best six-kilometer time.
• Michigan placed all five point-scorers in the top 50 to earn its highest team finish at the Big Ten Championships since 2023.
• The Wolverines will be familiar with the course on Friday, having opened the season at the Spartan Invitational at Forest Akers East. Michigan finished third of 24 teams, with Gordon taking third overall.
• The top two teams in each regional championship automatically advance to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., next Saturday (Nov. 21). If Michigan is not among the top two, it will learn its postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show on Saturday (Nov. 14) on NCAA.com, where 14 additional teams will be selected at large to complete the 32-team field.
