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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's and women's cross country teams will attempt to punch tickets to the NCAA Championships by competing at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday morning at the Milliken Research Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The women's 6K race will start at 10 a.m. ET, followed by the men's 10K at 11 a.m. ET.
Both EKU teams are fresh off winning UAC Championship titles on October 30 in Richmond.
The EKU men enter the regional meet ranked No. 18 in the USTFCCCA national poll. The Colonels are ranked No. 3 in the Southeast Region, behind only No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 2 Virginia Tech.
Freshman
Abel Kirui won the UAC Championships two weeks ago, and was named the UAC Men's Runner of the Year following the meet.
Brian Kimutai – a 2025 cross country All-American – was second at the conference championships.
Enoch Bokaba,
Felix Rivet and
George Wyllie rounded out the Colonels' scoring five in the race.
Taha Er Raouy, another 2025 cross country All-American, did not compete at the UAC Championships but is set to compete at the regional on Friday, along with
Brett Rushman and
Bradley Giblin.
The EKU men have qualified for the NCAA Championships as a team the last three seasons and nine of the last 13 seasons. The Colonels finished ninth at the 2025 national championship meet, the best finish in program history.
The EKU women are currently ranked No. 9 in the Southeast Region, directly behind No. 7 Virginia and No. 8 Kentucky, and ahead of the likes of No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 11 Louisville.
The Colonels have been led all season by the sensational duo of freshman
Brighter Jepchumba and sophomore
Edna Chelulei, who finished 1-2 at the UAC Championships.
Sophomore
Morgan Kobylinski and
Metrine Serem and junior
Ines Mrabet completed EKU's scoring five meet at the conference championship meet.
The EKU women have qualified for the NCAA Championships as a team only once in program history - in 2017. The Colonels finished 13
th at last year's NCAA Regional. Chelulei qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual.
The top two teams from each of the nine regional meets across the country automatically advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held Saturday, November 21 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Fourteen additional teams will be selected at-large for a 32-team field.
This Saturday, Nov. 14, the NCAA Cross Country Selection Committee will announce the 14 at-large selections via a selection show at 5 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
Thirty-eight individuals will be selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process.
The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.
