November 12, 2007

Nov. 12, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2007 Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships.

In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals were required to qualify in their respective NCAA regions.

Thirty-one teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top two, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the nine regions, for a total of 18 teams. Thirteen additional teams were selected at-large.

Thirty-eight individuals, the first four athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team and two additional qualifiers, were selected to participate in each championship. All individual qualifiers must have finished in the top 25 in their region.

Indiana State University will host the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 19, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. The men's race will begin at noon Eastern time followed by the women's race at 12:55 p.m. Both championship races will be broadcast live on CSTV.

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men's Automatic Qualifying Teams
Alabama- South Region
Arkansas- South Central Region
Colorado- Mountain Region
Florida State- South Region
Georgetown- Mid-Atlantic Region
Iona- Northeast Region
Louisville- Southeast Region
Michigan- Great Lakes Region
Minnesota- Midwest Region
North Carolina State- Southeast Region
Oklahoma State- Midwest Region
Oregon- West Region
Portland- West Region
Providence- Northeast Region
Texas- South Central Region
UTEP- Mountain Region
Villanova- Mid Region
Wisconsin- Great Lakes Region
Men's At-large Teams
Arizona State
Brigham Young
California
Cal Poly
Indiana
Iowa State
Northern Arizona
Notre Dame
Ohio State Stanford
Tulsa
Virginia
William and Mary
Women's Automatic Qualifying Team
Arkansas- South Central Region
Colorado State- Mountain Region
Duke- Southeast Region
Florida State- South Region
Georgia- South Region
Illinois- Midwest Region
Michigan- Great Lakes Region
Michigan State- Great Lakes Region
Minnesota- Midwest Region
North Carolina State- Southeast Region
Northern Arizona- Mountain Region
Oregon- West Region
Princeton- Mid-Atlantic Region
Providence- Northeast Region
Rice- South Central Region
Stanford- West Region
Stony Brook- Northeast Region
West Virginia- Mid-Atlantic Region
Women's At-large Teams
Arizona State
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
UC Santa Barbara
Colorado
Florida
Georgetown
Iowa
North Carolina
Texas Tech
Washington
Wisconsin
Men's Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Andy Baker - Butler
Josh Karanja - Eastern Michigan
Pat Sovacool - Miami (Ohio)
Craig Leon - Ohio
Middle Atlantic Region
Dave Nightingale - Princeton
Brendan Fennell - American
Tom Slosky - Duquesne
Steve Hallinan - American
Michael Maag - Princeton
Ben Sitler - Princeton
Midwest Region
Trent Hoerr - Illinois
Colby Wissel - Kansas
Dan Hedgecock - Missouri
Mohamed Mohamed - Southern Illinois
Mountain Region
Jeremy Johnson - New Mexico
Mark Korir - Wyoming
Seth Pilkington - Weber State
Matt Williams - Air Force
Northeast Region
Patrick Mellea - Boston College
John Mickowski - Army
Sage Canaday - Cornell
Jeff Scull - Syracuse
South Central Region
Shadrack Songok - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Francis Kasagule - Lamar
Joseph Simichimba - LSU
Festus Kigen - TCU
Southeast Region
Josh McDougal - Liberty
Jacob Korir - Eastern Kentucky
Joseph Maina - Eastern Kentucky
Matt Clark - Clemson
South Region
Felix Kibioywo - Auburn
Jeremy Criscione - Florida
Micah Tirop - South Alabama
David Herren - Georgia Tech
West Region
Austin Ramos - UCLA
Kyle Shackleton - UCLA
Ulices Pina - UC Riverside
Drew Shackleton - UCLA
Women's Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Laura Neufarth - Miami (Ohio)
Laura Rolf - Valparaiso
Alison Bishel - Ball State
Genni Gardner - Butler
Middle Atlantic Region
Bridget Franek - Penn State
Cheyenne Ogletree - Rutgers
Rachel Papin - La Salle
Sheila Reid - Villanova
Midwest Region
Alex Becker - Tulsa
Lisa Koll - Iowa State
Jessica Eldridge - Oklahoma
Grace Kemmey - Iowa State
Lara Crofford - Nebraska
Mountain Region
Sariah Long - Weber State
Gretchen Fagley-Johnson - Wyoming
Morgan Haws - Weber State
Sharla Platt - Southern Utah
Northeast Region
McKayla Plank - Iona
Lindsay Donaldson - Yale
Carmen Ballard - Columbia
Smita Gupta - Brown
Catherine Parker - New Hampshire
South Region
Lauren Blankenship - Samford
Lauren Weaver - Belmont
Rachel Hannah - Georgia State
Elizabeth Ambrus - UAB
South Central Region
Silje Fjortoft - SMU
Clerc Koenck - Lamar
Christina Munoz - Texas A&M
Renee Graham - Lamar
Southeast Region
Emily Harrison - Virginia
Tasmin Fanning - Virginia Tech
Diana Jepchirchir - Coastal Carolina
Janet Jesang - Western Kentucky
West Region
Dana Morgan - Portland
Laura Mickelson - Loyola Marymount
Sarah Cocco - USC
Mattie Bridgmon - Eastern Washington