FAIRBANKS - The Nanooks Department of Athletics will be hosting a watch party for the 2023 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Nov. 18. 

Come out to the Patty Center at 7:00 a.m. for the 2023 NCAA DII Women's Championship race. With the early morning start, the Department of Athletics will provide coffee and donuts, alongside other small food options and drink choices. 

Fans are invited to find seating in the Nanook Lounge (entrance by the concessions stand window) with overflow seating and viewing available in the Alaska Nanooks Admin Office meeting room. 

Rosie Fordham and Kendall Kramer of the women's team will represent the Nanooks in Joplin, Mo. at the 2023 championships after both qualified at the 2023 NCAA West Regional Championships, hosted by Western Oregon in Monmouth, Ore. Kramer not only qualified, but she also claimed first-place in the NCAA Regional race and with the win was named the NCAA DII West Region Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year. The Nanooks have now gone back-to-back seasons with West Region Women's Athletes of the Year after Naomi Bailey took the crown at the 2022 NCAA West Regional. 

Fordham followed in sixth-place and through the individual qualifying process, was named one of four individual qualifiers out of the west region. Joining her from the west was Gianna Bomarito from Sonoma State and fellow GNAC runner, Cassidy Walchak-Sloan from Saint Martin's. 

If you are unable to join fans for the viewing party, you're able to watch the live race HERE and follow along with the live results HERE.