Championship Day: Adams, Crouch; Grand Valley, Spence

8:11 a.m. (MST): Well, 80 percent chance of snow or rain. That could make things interesting. In other news, can you believe that the Grand Valley State women's soccer team also made the final game? They play this afternoon. It would be some day if they won a couple of championships. That might actually remind the school they are more than a football school.

8:29 a.m.: Nice interview on Flotrack with Queens coach Scott Simmons. He says it's "all coming together" for his team. His top runner, Michael Crouch, expects a team finish between fifth and seventh and, perhaps, a win for himself. Sounds like he worked on his finish.

8:40 a.m.: A team reports says "snowy and slushy." 20 minutes until the gun.

9:35 a.m.: In about two inches of snow, Adams State has won its third straight national championship. Appears that Western State was second, just ahead of Grand Valley State. (The 1990 hat worked!) Individually, Michael Crouch (Queens) turned the tables on Meshack Koyiacki (Columbus State), as the two duked it out for the fourth time this season. Crouch wins this one! While he ran a great race, Mass.-Lowell's Jeff Veiga made this race, going out early and finishing with the leaders. Inspiring.

9:41 a.m.: Also inspiring, Brandon Birdsong (Adams State). A top-six finish for a guy I would've picked to be perhaps top 20. That's also inspired racing. You know who wasn't particularly inspired? Unfortunately, Amos Sang (Abilene Christian). Would've been interesting to see him leg it out at the line. ACU doesn't do well in snow, though.

9:51 a.m.: Time now for the women's race. This outcome is perhaps a little more uncertain than the men's. Judging from how the men race in a tight pack for a large portion of the race, that tendency could make for a very fluid situation in the women's.

10:32 a.m.: Grand Valley State wins its first-ever D2 title -- and it wasn't even close. The Lakers put seven in from of Western State's and Adams State's fourth runner. Those schools had won every (mostly Adams) title since entering D2 in 1992. Congrats to Jerry Baltes and the Lakers! Neeley Spence (Shippensburg) survived an early challenge from Sarah Porter (Seattle PacificWestern Washington), to easily win the women's race. A first title for Spence, she's just a junior. That's it for now -- back to life. But much more analysis to come...