TicketsCINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati men's and women's cross country teams will head to Ames, Iowa on Saturday to compete in the 2023 Big 12 Cross Country Championships.
The Big Championships will be held at the Iowa State Cross Country Course. The men's 8k race will begin at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the women's 6k race at noon ET. Both races will be aired on ESPN+ / Big 12 Now.
Fans can also stay up to date with the latest results via live stats found here. There is no admission fee for the Big 12 Cross Country Championships and more information about the championships can be found here.
// BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP DEBUT
Cincinnati will be making its first appearance at the Big 12 Championship since the university joined the conference on July 1. The men's team will look to claim its third conference title in program history and its first since 1996, when UC was a member of Conference USA. The women's team will look to earn its first-ever cross country conference title.
In the team's final appearance in the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships last season, both the men's and the women's teams finished third overall in the team standings. Graduate students Tyler Wirth and Maddie Walker both earned AAC All-Conference honors and are the only returning athletes on this year's roster to achieve that feat.
// KEEP ON EYE ON THEM
Graduate student Tyler Wirth is a three-time AAC All-Conference honoree and has been the leader of the men's team all season long. In the season opener, RedHawk Rumble, Wirth won his first collegiate cross country meet and earned the program's first Big 12 Men's Athlete of the Week honors. Wirth enters the race coming off a fourth-place finish at the Bradley Pink Classic.
The dynamic duo of graduate student Maddie Walker and sophomore Claire Curtsinger have been a force on the women's side. The pair has finished as a 1-2 combo for the Bearcats in every meet this season.
Walker is a three-time AAC All-Conference honoree and finished eighth overall at the AAC Championships last season. She has been the Bearcats' top finisher in the team's last two meets.
Curtsinger has had a breakout season, recording 5k and 6k personal-best times. In the season opener, she finished as Cincinnati's top finisher for the first time in her career and will be making her first career conference championship appearance.
// LAST TIME OUT
Cincinnati placed three runners inside the top 15, battling tough conditions in its regular-season finale, the Bradley Pink Classic.
The men's team, led by Wirth, placed fourth overall out of 28 teams, scoring 165 points.
The dynamic duo of Walker (12th) and Curtsinger (15th) both placed inside the top 15, leading the women's team to a sixth-place finish out of 32 teams, scoring 271 points.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will continue its post-season journey by heading to Madison, Wis., for the 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Cross Country Regional on Saturday, Nov. 11. More information about the regional can be found here.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati Track and Field/Cross Country, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. and follow @GoBearcatsTFXC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
// CHAMPIONSHIP ENTIRES
Men's 8k – 11 a.m. ET
Gianni Allwein
Thomas Ashby
Seth Elking
Bobby Ganser
Matt Hoak
Walter Houchens IV
Ryan Pehlman
Isaac Schachleiter
Collin Stevens
Tyler Wirth
Women's 6k – Noon ET
Amber Carter
Claire Curtsinger
Lauren Greiwe
Carmela Henning
Elena Horn
Sarah Madix
Gwen Stare
Maddie Walker
Jocelyn Willis
The Big Championships will be held at the Iowa State Cross Country Course. The men's 8k race will begin at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the women's 6k race at noon ET. Both races will be aired on ESPN+ / Big 12 Now.
Fans can also stay up to date with the latest results via live stats found here. There is no admission fee for the Big 12 Cross Country Championships and more information about the championships can be found here.
// BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP DEBUT
Cincinnati will be making its first appearance at the Big 12 Championship since the university joined the conference on July 1. The men's team will look to claim its third conference title in program history and its first since 1996, when UC was a member of Conference USA. The women's team will look to earn its first-ever cross country conference title.
In the team's final appearance in the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships last season, both the men's and the women's teams finished third overall in the team standings. Graduate students Tyler Wirth and Maddie Walker both earned AAC All-Conference honors and are the only returning athletes on this year's roster to achieve that feat.
// KEEP ON EYE ON THEM
Graduate student Tyler Wirth is a three-time AAC All-Conference honoree and has been the leader of the men's team all season long. In the season opener, RedHawk Rumble, Wirth won his first collegiate cross country meet and earned the program's first Big 12 Men's Athlete of the Week honors. Wirth enters the race coming off a fourth-place finish at the Bradley Pink Classic.
The dynamic duo of graduate student Maddie Walker and sophomore Claire Curtsinger have been a force on the women's side. The pair has finished as a 1-2 combo for the Bearcats in every meet this season.
Walker is a three-time AAC All-Conference honoree and finished eighth overall at the AAC Championships last season. She has been the Bearcats' top finisher in the team's last two meets.
Curtsinger has had a breakout season, recording 5k and 6k personal-best times. In the season opener, she finished as Cincinnati's top finisher for the first time in her career and will be making her first career conference championship appearance.
// LAST TIME OUT
Cincinnati placed three runners inside the top 15, battling tough conditions in its regular-season finale, the Bradley Pink Classic.
The men's team, led by Wirth, placed fourth overall out of 28 teams, scoring 165 points.
The dynamic duo of Walker (12th) and Curtsinger (15th) both placed inside the top 15, leading the women's team to a sixth-place finish out of 32 teams, scoring 271 points.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will continue its post-season journey by heading to Madison, Wis., for the 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Cross Country Regional on Saturday, Nov. 11. More information about the regional can be found here.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati Track and Field/Cross Country, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. and follow @GoBearcatsTFXC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
// CHAMPIONSHIP ENTIRES
Men's 8k – 11 a.m. ET
Gianni Allwein
Thomas Ashby
Seth Elking
Bobby Ganser
Matt Hoak
Walter Houchens IV
Ryan Pehlman
Isaac Schachleiter
Collin Stevens
Tyler Wirth
Women's 6k – Noon ET
Amber Carter
Claire Curtsinger
Lauren Greiwe
Carmela Henning
Elena Horn
Sarah Madix
Gwen Stare
Maddie Walker
Jocelyn Willis