OREM, Utah — Utah Valley cross country head coach Scott Houle has announced his teams' 2026 schedule, featuring three meets in Utah and multiple trips to Terre Haute, Ind., which will be the site of this year's NCAA Championships.

The Wolverines will open the season with their lone home meet on Sept. 4 at Scera Park in Orem. The women's race will be first starting at 10 a.m. MT, followed by the men's race at 10:45.

A week later, Utah Valley will make the short trip north to Salt Lake City for the Beehive Classic, co-hosted by Utah and Westminster at Sugar House Park. The Wolverines will then make their first of potentially three trips to Indiana State for the John McNichols Invitational on Sept. 19.

Utah Valley opens October at the Color Country Invitational, hosted by Southern Utah in Cedar City. The Wolverines will then close out the regular season at the Under Armour Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute.

Wolverine Cross Country will compete for the school's first Big West championships on Oct. 31 in Riverside, Calif., at the Ag/Ops Cross Country Course on the campus of UC Riverside. Utah Valley will then have two weeks off before heading to Albuquerque, N.M., for the NCAA Mountain Regionals hosted by New Mexico at the UNM North Course.

The 2026 NCAA Championships will be hosted by Indiana State at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Utah Valley will look to make it consecutive years sending athletes to Nationals and the fourth time in the last five seasons.