KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference will be well represented at the 2026 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship, sending four teams and five individual qualifiers to the national stage on November 20 in Vancouver, Wash. The final NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating was also released Tuesday, with three CCC teams earning spots in the national rankings.
College of Idaho led the conference at No. 2 with 451 points, earning one first-place vote. Lewis-Clark State ranked No. 12 with 300 points, followed by Eastern Oregon at No. 13 with 278 points. Southern Oregon received votes.
The CCC will have four teams competing for the national title. College of Idaho earned the conference's automatic berth as the Conference Champion, while Lewis-Clark State College qualified as the Conference Runner-Up. Southern Oregon University received a host berth, and Eastern Oregon University earned an at-large selection.
Five individual runners also qualified for nationals based on their performances at the CCC Championships. Eden Rosensteel of Bushnell University, Alauna Carstens of The Evergreen State College, Rachel Elliott of Northwest University, Anika Jenson of Oregon Tech, and Catherine Roper of Trinity Western University will represent the conference in the individual field.
The 2026 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship will take place November 20 at Fort Vancouver Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash., with the Cascade Collegiate Conference serving as the host conference. The women's 6K race is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. PT.
The championship field features 36 qualifying teams and 84 individual qualifiers. The race will be streamed live on the NAIA Network at
NAIANetwork.com. Fans can also watch the complete field reveal on the NAIA's YouTube channel at
YouTube.com/PlayNAIA.