The LSU women’s cross-country finished runner-up at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships on Friday to earn the first auto-bid to the national meet in program history.

A couple weeks removed from a historical finish for the women at the SEC Championships, they followed it up by breaking even more barriers for the program.

“I think we competed really well today,” said Coach Houston Franks. “I mean, we had a clear-cut plan and we executed it well.”

The runner-up finish for the Tigers marked the first time in 46 years of LSU women’s cross country, the team had auto-qualified for the NCAA Championships with their top-two finish. LSU totaled 86 points to finish second behind a Texas A&M team that totaled 71 through the 6k race.

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Posted by BilbeauTBaggins

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Posted on 11/14/25 at 1:30 pm to nicholastiger

Proud of this team.

I don't think fans know how much of an accomplishment this is. LSU has had to compete in the South Central region with the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, every damn year. It's always a fight between those three to take the two automatic qualifier spots. Teams trying to qualify with an at-large bid don't normally come out of the South Central (the formula favors the schools that are focused on distance programs) and it was always top two or bust.

Really happy for Coach Franks and the rest of the team.

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Posted by slinger1317

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Posted on 11/14/25 at 1:47 pm to nicholastiger

Congrats to the team. Cross Country is a great sport and flies below the radar. Looks like LSU went out and bought some Kenyans in order to compete nationally.

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