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NCAA Championships
Cross Country Preview: Seymour and Thiessen Ready to Run at NCAA National Championships
November 19, 2021 | Track & Field
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee seniors Sydney Seymour and Karl Thiessen are set to represent the Orange & White at the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships after earning automatic bids to the national meet as individual qualifiers last Saturday.
The NCAA meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The women's race will begin at 10:20 a.m. ET, followed by the men's race at 11:10 a.m.
The 2021 NCAA Cross Country National Championships will air live on ESPNU and the ESPN App beginning at 10 a.m. Live results will be provided by PrimeTime Timing and a link can be found here.
For Seymour, it is her second trip to the NCAA championships after reaching the national meet as an individual last season. The Seven Hills, Ohio, native is the first Lady Vol to make back-to-back trips to NCAAs since Chelsea Blaase went back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.
The Lady Vol has performed well all season and has finished inside the top-10 at every meet. Seymour has a pair of wins to her name in 2021 and finished third at both the Roy Griak Invitational and NCAA South Regional. At SECs, Seymour finished ninth overall.
Thiessen will make his NCAA championships debut next week after finishing seventh overall at the NCAA South Regional. The two-time NCAA All-South Region honoree is the first Vol to reach the NCAA meet since Zach Long in 2018.
It is also the first time since 2018 that Tennessee will send a male and female representative. That year, Zach Long and Megan Murray ran for the Vols and Lady Vols.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee cross country and track & field, follow @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram.
The NCAA meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The women's race will begin at 10:20 a.m. ET, followed by the men's race at 11:10 a.m.
The 2021 NCAA Cross Country National Championships will air live on ESPNU and the ESPN App beginning at 10 a.m. Live results will be provided by PrimeTime Timing and a link can be found here.
For Seymour, it is her second trip to the NCAA championships after reaching the national meet as an individual last season. The Seven Hills, Ohio, native is the first Lady Vol to make back-to-back trips to NCAAs since Chelsea Blaase went back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.
The Lady Vol has performed well all season and has finished inside the top-10 at every meet. Seymour has a pair of wins to her name in 2021 and finished third at both the Roy Griak Invitational and NCAA South Regional. At SECs, Seymour finished ninth overall.
Thiessen will make his NCAA championships debut next week after finishing seventh overall at the NCAA South Regional. The two-time NCAA All-South Region honoree is the first Vol to reach the NCAA meet since Zach Long in 2018.
It is also the first time since 2018 that Tennessee will send a male and female representative. That year, Zach Long and Megan Murray ran for the Vols and Lady Vols.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee cross country and track & field, follow @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram.
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