Nov. 16, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2008 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 24, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. The women’s race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. Eastern time, followed by the men’s race at 12:48 p.m. Both championship races will be broadcast live on CBS College Sports Network and streamed online via NCAA.com.
The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
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Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
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Men’s At-large Teams
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Alabama-South Region
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Brigham Young
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Arkansas-South Central Region
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Butler
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Auburn-South Region
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Cal Poly
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Colorado-Mountain Region
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California
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Georgetown-Mid-Atlantic Region
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Florida State
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Iona-Northeast Region
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Iowa State
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Michigan-Great Lakes Region
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North Carolina State
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Minnesota-Midwest Region
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Notre Dame
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Northern Arizona-Mountain Region
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Portland
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Oklahoma State-Midwest Region
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Tulsa
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Oregon-West Region
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UCLA
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Penn State-Mid-Atlantic Region
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Villanova
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Providence-Northeast Region
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Washington
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Stanford-West Region
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Texas A&M-South Central Region
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Virginia-Southeast Region
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Wisconsin-Great Lakes Region
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William and Mary-Southeast Region
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Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team
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Women’s At-large Teams
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Arkansas- South Central Region
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Arizona State
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Florida - South Region
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Baylor
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Florida State- South Region
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Boston College
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Illinois- Midwest Region
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Georgetown
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Kentucky- Southeast Region
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Iowa
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Michigan- Great Lakes Region
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Michigan State
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Minnesota- Midwest Region
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Nebraska
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New Mexico- Mountain Region
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Northern Arizona
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Oregon- West Region
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Notre Dame
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Princeton- Mid-Atlantic Region
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SMU
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Providence- Northeast Region
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Stanford
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Rice- South Central Region
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Stony Brook
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Syracuse- Northeast Region
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Villanova
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Texas Tech- Mountain Region
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Virginia- Southeast Region
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Washington- West Region
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West Virginia- Mid-Atlantic Region
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Wisconsin- Great Lakes Region
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Men’s Individual Qualifiers
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Great Lakes Region
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Chris
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Lemon
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Dayton
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Pat
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Sovacool
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Miami (Ohio)
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Scott
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Keeney
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Indiana State
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Matt
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Lemon
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Dayton
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Mid-Atlantic Region
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Michael
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Maag
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Princeton
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Brian
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Leung
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Princeton
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Alex
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Lundy
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Maryland
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Kyle
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Murray
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St. Joseph’s (PA)
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Midwest Region
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Jeff
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Schirmer
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Southern Illinois
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Jonah
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Lagat
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Oral Roberts
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Jesse
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Luciano
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Iowa
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Garett
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Jeffries
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Missouri
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Mountain Region
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Mark
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Korir
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Wyoming
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Japheth
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Ng’ojoy
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UTEP
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Patrick
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Mutai
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UTEP
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Nicodemus
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Ng’etich
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UTEP
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Northeast Region
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Ben
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True
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Dartmouth
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Daniel
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Chenoweth
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Harvard
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Timothy
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Ritchie
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Boston College
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Glenn
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Randall
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Dartmouth
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Brad
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Miller
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Syracuse
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Dan
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Busby
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Syracuse
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Zac
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Hine
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Cornell
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South Region
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Mark
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Steeds
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Georgia State
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Jeremy
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Criscione
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Florida
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Micah
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Tirop
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South Alabama
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Robert
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Scribner
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Mississippi State
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South Central Region
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Samuel
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Kosgei
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Lamar
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Festus
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Kigen
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Texas Christian
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Jake
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Morse
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Texas
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Francis
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Kasagule
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Lamar
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Southeast Region
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Samuel
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Chelanga
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Liberty
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Adam
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Henken
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Kentucky
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Matt
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Llano
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Richmond
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Bo
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Waggoner
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Duke
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Jordan
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McDougal
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Liberty
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West Region
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Paul
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Limpf
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Eastern Washington
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Erick
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Garcia
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Fresno State
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Women’s Individual Qualifiers
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Great Lakes Region
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Wendi
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Robinson
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Indiana
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Kari
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Summers
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Ohio
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Annie
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Beecham
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Ohio
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Crystal
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Martinez
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IPFW
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Mid-Atlantic Region
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Bridget
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Franek
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Penn State
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Leah
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Brogan
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Pennsylvania
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Megan
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Hogan
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George Washington
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Amy
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Watson
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Navy
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Midwest Region
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Pasca
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Cheruiyot
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Missouri State
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Kellyn
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Johnson
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Wichita State
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Beverly
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Ramos
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Kansas State
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Kelly
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Waters
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Oklahoma
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Mountain Region
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Angela
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Wagner
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Brigham Young
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Alyssa
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Abbott
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Utah
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Natalie
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Haws
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Weber State
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Ellie
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Rastall
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Colorado State
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Northeast Region
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Andrea
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Walkonen
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Boston U.
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Claire
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Richardson
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Harvard
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Erin
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Lagasse
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Boston U.
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Meaghan
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Lessard
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Columbia
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South Region
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Hollie
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Knight
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Auburn
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Sarah
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Bowman
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Tennessee
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Sara
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Vaughn
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Alabama
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Jackie
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Areson
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Tennessee
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South Central Region
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Christina
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Munoz
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Texas A&M
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Anne
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Ronoh
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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
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Elizabeth
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Slaughter
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Texas A&M
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Stephanie
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Aldea
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Houston
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Southeast Region
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Tasmin
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Fanning
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Virginia Tech
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Brianna
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Felnagle
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North Carolina
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Janet
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Jesang
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Western Kentucky
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Lauren
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Holesh
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North Carolina
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Tarah
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McKay
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Louisville
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Amanda
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Goetschius
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Charlotte
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West Region
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Zsofia
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Erdelyi
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Southern California
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Kim
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Conley
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UC Davis
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Tara
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Erdmann
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Loyola Marymount
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Kaitlin
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Gregg
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UC Davis
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