Kiplagat, Nokes officially punch tickets to NCAA Championships

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Utah Valley’s Morgan Nokes and Sila Kiplagat have officially punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships on Nov. 22, marking just the second time Utah Valley will send multiple runners to the national meet. Nokes’ ticket was already secured by virtue of finishing as the third-best runner not on an automatically qualifying team at Friday’s Mountain Regionals. Nokes took seventh place overall — the second-best finish by any Wolverine runner at a regional race — with a time of 20:13.0. This will be Nokes’ second trip to Nationals after going with the 2023 squad, where she posted…