Monday, March 15
Stillwater, OK
1:40 p.m. EST
University of North Florida
at
NCAA Cross Country Championship
Preview: NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championship
3/14/2021 10:30:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nathan Jubran travels to Stillwater, Okla., to represent North Florida in the NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championship. Jubran is the first men's cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA Championship and second in program history after 2017 women's qualifier Eden Meyer.Â
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Nathan Jubran was the men's champion at the ASUN Men's Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:38.4. The Ospreys were the ASUN Champions with a team score of 16 in the eight team field.Â
MAKING STRIDES
The Jacksonville, Fla., native was the ASUN Men's Runner of the Year and earned first-team honors. Jubran is a four-time ASUN runner of the week, picking up two weekly honors this season after placing first in the CSU Invitational and 27th in the FSU Winter Classic. He earned All-ASUN First Team honors in cross country in 2018 and 2019, was the 2019 ASUN Cross Country Preseason Runner of the Year and was the 2018 ASUN Cross Country Freshman of the year. The psychology major was also named to the 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Track and Field/Cross Country Team.Â
THE FIELD
The men's field is comprised of 31 teams and 38 individuals that qualified for the championship. The individuals were selected through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. For the full list of qualifiers please visit this LINK.
EVENT SCHEDULE
12:50 p.m. – Women's 6K
1:40 p.m.  – Men's 10K
PIGG'S POINTS
"Nathan has worked hard for the opportunity to run at the NCAA Championship.  He has missed by one spot the last two years so I think that makes this even more special. It will be a great experience for him. Once he has competed at the highest level of NCAA he will better prepared for all of his future races. He is healthy and hungry and I think he will do very well.  One thing you can count on is that he will give everything he has in this 10k race. He is a tough competitor." -- Head coach Jeff Pigg
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LAST TIME OUT
Junior Nathan Jubran was the men's champion at the ASUN Men's Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:38.4. The Ospreys were the ASUN Champions with a team score of 16 in the eight team field.Â
MAKING STRIDES
The Jacksonville, Fla., native was the ASUN Men's Runner of the Year and earned first-team honors. Jubran is a four-time ASUN runner of the week, picking up two weekly honors this season after placing first in the CSU Invitational and 27th in the FSU Winter Classic. He earned All-ASUN First Team honors in cross country in 2018 and 2019, was the 2019 ASUN Cross Country Preseason Runner of the Year and was the 2018 ASUN Cross Country Freshman of the year. The psychology major was also named to the 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Track and Field/Cross Country Team.Â
THE FIELD
The men's field is comprised of 31 teams and 38 individuals that qualified for the championship. The individuals were selected through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. For the full list of qualifiers please visit this LINK.
EVENT SCHEDULE
12:50 p.m. – Women's 6K
1:40 p.m.  – Men's 10K
PIGG'S POINTS
"Nathan has worked hard for the opportunity to run at the NCAA Championship.  He has missed by one spot the last two years so I think that makes this even more special. It will be a great experience for him. Once he has competed at the highest level of NCAA he will better prepared for all of his future races. He is healthy and hungry and I think he will do very well.  One thing you can count on is that he will give everything he has in this 10k race. He is a tough competitor." -- Head coach Jeff Pigg
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