NAU will compete for the men's cross country national championship on Nov 17th at 10:45 a.m. (MST) at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course. Director of Cross Country and Track & Field
Michael Smith participated in the annual championship press conference on Nov 16th.
On the challenge of winning a third straight team championship:
"We really try to keep the fundamentals that allowed us to arrive at this place in 2016. We really try to keep those fundamentals central to our process all the way through. Two, three, four whatever those numbers are, those aren't things we necessarily talk about. The things we DO talk about are keeping those fundamentals that had us arrive in this place central to what we do."
How does this team compare with your two previous title teams (2016 and 2017):
"The 2017 team would have beat the 2016 team and the 2018 team would beat the 2017 team. But only one part of that is physical. This group we have now has been a big jump in just calm and concentration and that goes a long way."
