NCAA Division One National Qualifiers Announced
Source: NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships. In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals qualified 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 were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their region. Indiana State University will host the Championships, November 23, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. The men’s race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. Eastern time, followed by the women’s race at approximately 12:58 p.m. Both championship races will be broadcast live on Versus Network and streamed online via NCAA.com.
The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
Men’s Qualifying Teams
Automatic
Alabama-South Region
Arkansas-South Central Region
Brigham Young-Mountain Region
Colorado-Mountain Region
Florida State-South Region
Georgetown-Mid-Atlantic Region
Iona-Northeast Region New Mexico
Michigan State-Great Lakes Region
North Carolina State-Southeast Region
Oklahoma-Midwest Region
Oklahoma State-Midwest Region
Portland-West Region
Stanford-West Region
Syracuse-Northeast
Texas-South Central Region
Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region
William and Mary-Southeast Region
Wisconsin-Great Lakes Region
At-Large
Arizona State
Auburn
Duke
Iowa State
Louisville
Minnesota
New Mexico
Northern Arizona
Ohio State
Oregon
Providence
Virginia
Washington
Women’s Qualifying Teams
Automatic
Baylor-South Central Region
Colorado-Mountain Region
Duke-Southeast Region
Florida-South Region
Florida State-South Region
Illinois-Midwest Region
Minnesota-Midwest Region
Notre Dame-Great Lakes Region
Ohio State-Great Lakes Region
Oregon-West Region
Princeton-Mid-Atlantic Region
Providence-Northeast Region
SMU-South Central Region
Syracuse-Northeast Region
Texas Tech-Mountain Region
Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region
Virginia-Southeast Region
Washington-West Region
At Large
Arizona
Arizona State
Brigham Young
Georgetown
Indiana
Iowa State
Michigan
Michigan State
New Mexico
Penn State
Stanford
UTEP
West Virginia
Men’s Individual Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Andrew Poore Indiana
Eric Schulz Indiana State
Madison Roeder Butler
Andy Baker Butler
Jake Walker Notre Dame
Caden Shields Purdue
Mid-Atlantic Region
Alex Lundy Maryland
Mike Stolar Duquesne
Vince McNally Penn State
Rob Speare Princeton
Midwest Region
Jeff Schirmer Southern Illinois
Jonah Lagat Oral Roberts
John Beattie Tulsa
Thibault Vandenabeele
University of Northern Iowa
Mountain Region
Justin Tyner Air Force
Nicodemus Ng’etich UTEP
Elkana Rotich UTEP
Brian McKenna Utah State
Northeast Region
Daniel Chenoweth Harvard
Erik Van Ingen Binghamton University
Nate Edelman Cornell
Christian Escareno Brown
South Region
Barnabas Kirui Mississippi
Zac Edwards South Alabama
Micah Tirop South Alabama
Festus Chemaoi Middle Tennessee
South Central Region
Francis Kasagule Lamar
Joshua Sawe McNeese State
Joe Sauvageau Texas A&M
David Rooney McNeese State
Southeast Region
Samuel Chelanga Liberty
Wesley Rutton Eastern Kentucky
Evans Kigen Liberty
Patrick Cheptoek Western Kentucky
West Region
Scott Smith UC Santa Barbara
Mohamud Ige Arizona
Marco Anzures UCLA
Joe Gatel Cal Poly
Women’s Individual Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Alison Bishel Ball State
Caitlin Comfort Wisconsin
Ari Fisher Toledo
Alexandra Lizarribar Kent State
Mid-Atlantic Region
Megan Hogan George Washington
Midwest Region
Lauren Bonds Kansas
Beverly Ramos Kansas State
Mihaela Susa Oklahoma State
Kaitie Vanatta Missouri
Laura Crawford Nebraska
Mountain Region
Veronica Pohl Northern Arizona
Kristen Hemphill Colorado State
Ellie Rastall Colorado State
Katrina Drennen Montana
Northeast Region
Anna Jorgensen Iona
Kailyn Kuzmuk Harvard
Jillian King Boston College
Claire Richardson Harvard
Corey Conner Maine
South Region
Jackie Areson Tennessee
Zamzam Sangau Middle Tennessee
Kristie Krueger Georgia
Janel Blancett Georgia State
Katie Van Horn Tennessee
South Central Region
Betzy Jimenez Texas
Alyssa Allison Arkansas
Anne Ronoh Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Miranda Walker Arkansas
Mia Behm Texas
Southeast Region
Janet Jesang Western Kentucky
Tarah McKay Louisville
Brittany Tinsley North Carolina State
Emily Pritt North Carolina State
Alison Parris James Madison
West Region
Stephanie Wilson Santa Clara
Lisa Egami Washington State
Crystal Reed UC Santa Barbara
Shannon Murakami UCLA