Mizzou cross country unveils 2025 season schedule, hosting nationals for 1st time
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- Mizzou cross country will host the 2025 NCAA Championship on Nov. 22.
- The Tigers will hold three home meets, including the Gans Creek Classic.
- Postseason includes SEC in Tennessee and Midwest regional in Oklahoma.
Mizzou cross country released its schedule for the 2025 season Friday, headlined by the Tigers hosting the NCAA Championship on Nov. 22 at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. Start times for the meets will be revealed at a later date.
“We are thrilled to announce our 2025 cross country schedule, highlighted by our three home meets,” MU coach Kyle Levermore said in a news release. “It is an honor to bring the NCAA Championship to Columbia for the first time ever. Gans Creek is the premier destination for collegiate cross country in 2025.”
Missouri will open its campaign at home with the Mizzou Opener on Aug. 29, before embarking on its lone regular-season road competition with Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan’s Greeno Dirksen Cross Country Invite on Sept. 20 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Tigers will round out the regular season hosting the Gans Creek Classic on Sept. 26 and Pre-National Invitational on Oct. 18.
Postseason competition will kick off with the Southeastern Conference Championship on Oct. 31 in Knoxville, Tennessee, followed by the NCAA Midwest Championship on Nov. 14 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. “Our team has been hard at work in the offseason,” Levermore said, “and we are excited to return nearly our entire team from the 2024 season along with some fresh faces.”
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This story was originally published July 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM.