Air Force Falcons men's cross country
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| University | United States Air Force Academy |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jim Knowlton |
| Location | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Varsity teams | 29 (including 2 non-NCAA) |
| Football stadium | Falcon Stadium |
| Arena | Clune Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Falcon Baseball Field |
| Other arenas |
Cadet Fieldhouse Cadet East Gym |
| Mascot | Mach 1 |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Fight song | "Falcon Fight Song" (unofficial: "The U.S. Air Force") |
| Colors | Blue and Silver |
| Website | goairforcefalcons |
The Air Force Falcons are the athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy. The intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women's teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs: boxing and cheerleading.
The current athletic director is Jim Knowlton. The majority of the Falcons teams compete as members of the Mountain West Conference.
The falcon mascot was selected by popular vote of the Academy's Class of 1959, the first class to graduate from the Academy. The team mascot is "Mach 1" name of the first falcon presented to the academy on Oct 5, 1955, however each performing falcon is given an individual name by its cadet falconer. The current mascot, a female white phase gyrfalcon named Aurora, has been the official mascot since 1996.
As a primary member of the Mountain West Conference, the United States Air Force Academy sponsors teams in fifteen men's, nine women's, and two coed NCAA sanctioned sports. As of 2017, the fencing program competes as an independent, rifle program in the Patriot Rifle Conference, gymnastics programs in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, ice hockey in the Atlantic Hockey, lacrosse program in the Southern Conference, men's soccer and swimming & diving programs in the Western Athletic Conference, water polo in the Western Water Polo Association, and wrestling in the Big 12 Conference. Boxing is a member of the National Collegiate Boxing Association as the NCAA does not recognize bowling.
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