INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2015 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 regional competitions.
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 regions.
The University of Louisville will host the championships, Saturday, November 21, at Tom Sawyer State Park located in Louisville, Kentucky. The women’s race will begin at noon Eastern Time, followed by the men’s race at approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon Eastern Time until the conclusion of the awards ceremony, Saturday, November 21, on NCAA.com.
The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
Men’s automatic qualifying teams
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida State
Georgetown
Iona
Louisville
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Oklahoma State
Ole Miss
Penn
Stanford
Syracuse
Texas
UTEP
Virginia
Washington
Men’s At-large teams
Boise State
Brigham Young
California
Eastern Kentucky
Furman
North Carolina State
Oklahoma
Oregon
Southern Utah
Tulsa
UCLA
Virginia Tech
Washington State
Women’s automatic qualifying teams
Arkansas
Boise State
Colorado
Georgetown
Iowa State
Michigan
Mississippi State
New Mexico
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Penn State
Providence
Syracuse
Texas
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Women’s At-large teams
Brigham Young
Gonzaga
Kansas
Michigan State
Minnesota
Princeton
San Francisco
Stanford
Tulsa
Utah
Villanova
Washington
Weber State
Men's individual qualifiers
Great Lakes:
Erik Peterson, Butler
Nicholas Raymond, Eastern Michigan
John Mascari, Indiana State
Joseph Stewart, Miami (Ohio)
Michael Clevenger, Notre Dame
Matt McClintock, Purdue
South
Antibahs Kosgei, Alabama
Jimmy Clark, Florida
Eddie Garcia, Florida
Arse'ne Guillorel, Samford
Mid-Atlantic
Hassan Omar, UMBC
Patrick Tiernan Villanova
Robert Denault Villanova
Jordan Williamsz, Villanova
South Central
Isaac Lalang, Arkansas-Little Rock
Brian Barraza, Houston
Iliass Aouani, Lamar
Charles Mathenge, Stephen F. Austin
Midwest
Dylan Lafond, Illinois
Evan Landes, Kansas
Trent Lusignan, South Dakota State
Joel Reichow, South Dakota State
Southeast
Lawrence Kipkoech, Campbell
Shaun Thompson, Duke
Jacob Thomson, Kentucky
Stephen Mulherin, North Carolina
Mountain
Kyle Eller, Air Force
Patrick Corona, Air Force
Jefferson Abbey, Colorado State
Jerrell Mock, Colorado State
West
Matthew Crichlow, Gonzaga
Alex Short, San Francisco
Bryan Guijarro, UC Santa Barbara
Anthony Ortolan, UC Santa Barbara
Northeast
Tait Rutherford, Columbia
Ben Rainero, Cornell
Brian Eimstad, Cornell
Kevin Dooney, Yale
Women's individual qualifiers
Great Lakes
Shaelyn Sorensen, Wisconsin
Olivia Pratt, Butler
Hope Schmelzle, Purdue
Maria McDaniel, Western Michigan
South Central
Maggie Montoya, Baylor
Verity Ockenden, Lamar
Cali Roper, Rice
Karis Jochen, Texas A&M
Mid-Atlantic
Morgan Szekely, La Salle
Ashley Montgomery, Penn
Blanca Fernandez, Temple
Millie Paladino, West Virginia
Southeast
Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina
Allie Buchalski, Furman
Ednah Kurgat, Liberty
Samantha Jones, Wake Forest
Regan Rome, William and Mary
Midwest
Kristen Busch, Bradley
Alyssa Schneider, Illinois
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State
Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota
West
Peyton Bilo, Cal Poly
Sarah Reiter, Eastern Washington
Danielle Shanahan, Loyola Marymount
Carolina Johnson, UCLA
Mountain
Hannah Everson, Air Force
Darby Gilfillan, Colorado St.
Makena Morley, Montana
Melanie Townsend, Northern Arizona
Northeast
Natalie Schudrowitz, Brown
Dana Giordano, Dartmouth
Courtney Smith, Harvard
Laura Rose Donegan, New Hampshire
Christina Melian, Stony Brook
South
Katelyn Greenleaf, Alabama
Brenda Kigen, Auburn
Hannah Wittman, Belmont
Chelsea Blaase, Tennessee
