INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2016 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.
In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals had to qualify in their respective NCAA regional competitions that were held this past weekend.
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The top three teams of seven student-athletes from each region automatically qualified. Additional berths were awarded to regions based on the first eight team finishers at the 2015 championships. The top three individual finishers from each region who are not part of a qualifying team automatically qualified for the championships. In addition, all individual competitors who finish in the top five overall places in their respective regional meet and are not a member of a qualifying team automatically advance to the championships. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined below.
The championships will be held Nov. 19 in Saint Leo, Florida, at The Abbey Course. Saint Leo University will serve as the host of the championships.
Women’s Qualifying Teams (School, Region)
Adams State, South Central
Alaska Anchorage, West
Assumption, East
Bloomsburg, Atlantic
Cal Poly Pomona, West
California Baptist, West
Cedarville, Midwest
Chico State, West
Colorado-Colorado Springs, South Central
Colorado School of Mines, South Central
Colorado State-Pueblo, South Central
Fort Hays State, Central
Grand Valley State, Midwest
Hillsdale, Midwest
Lee, South
Mary, Central
Minnesota Duluth, Central
Montevallo, Southeast
Northern Michigan, Midwest
Point Loma, West
Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, South
Queens (North Carolina), Southeast
Roberts Wesleyan, East
Saint Leo, South
Seton Hill, Atlantic
Shippensburg, Atlantic
Simon Fraser, West
Southern Indiana, Midwest
Southwest Baptist, Central
Stonehill, East
Western State, South Central
Wingate, Southeast
Men’s Qualifying Teams (School, Region)
Academy of Art, West
Adams State, South Central
Alaska Anchorage, West
American International, East
Augustana (South Dakota), Central
Bentley, East
Cal Poly Pomona, West
California Baptist, West
Chico State, West
Colorado School of Mines, South Central
Concord, Atlantic
Colorado State-Pueblo, South Central
Edinboro, Atlantic
Florida Southern, South
Grand Valley State, Midwest
Hillsdale, Midwest
Lee, South
Lewis, Midwest
Lock Haven, Atlantic
Mars Hill, Southeast
Missouri Southern State, Central
Mount Olive, Southeast
MSU Moorhead, Central
Northwest Missouri State, Central
Queens (North Carolina), Southeast
Saginaw Valley State, Midwest
Saint Leo, South
Shippensburg, Atlantic
Southern Indiana, Midwest
Stonehill, East
West Texas A&M, South Central
Western State, South Central
Women’s Individual Qualifiers
Atlantic Region
Summer Hill, California (Pennsylvania)
Jenna Lezanic, Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Kaitlyn Workman, Wheeling Jesuit
Central Region
Morgan Benesch, Nebraska-Kearney
Molly Montonye, MSU Moorhead
Sam Sunstrom, St. Cloud State
East Region
Natasha Fitzpatrick, Southern Connecticut State
Pascaline Jerotich, American International
Talya Williams, LIU Post
Midwest Region
Erin Crone, Bellarmine
Allison Dorr, Saginaw Valley State
Moriah Palmer, Wisconsin-Parkside
South Region
Claudia Cancello, Tampa
Cecelia David, West Alabama
Camryn Rickenbach, Palm Beach Atlantic
South Central Region
Alexia Chapman, Colorado Mesa
Layne Hammer, Oklahoma Christian
Mercy Rotich, Eastern New Mexico
Southeast Region
Leah Hanle, Mount Olive
Haylee Love, Anderson (South Carolina)
Katherine Yost, Georgia College
West Region
Laura Aceves, Cal State San Bernardino
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
Eileen Stressling, Azusa Pacific
Men’s Individual Qualifiers
Atlantic Region
Austin Cooper, Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Steve Maine, Kutztown
Jeremy Parsons, Slippery Rock
Central Region
Andrew Fields, Nebraska-Kearney
Jahn Landrigan, Nebraska-Kearney
Jacob Klemz, Washburn
East Region
Aidan Gilbride, Franklin Pierce
Nacho Hernando, Southern New Hampshire
Dage Minors, Franklin Pierce
Midwest Region
Nick Hall, Ashland
James Ngandu, Tiffin
Chris Striegel, Bellarmine
South Region
Alfred Chelanga, Shorter
Victor Ortiz Rivera, Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Trey Simons, Morehouse
South Central Region
Alejandro Garcia, Chadron State
Baylor Harvey, Rogers State
Jonah Theisen, Black Hills State
Southeast Region
Timothy Asis, Young Harris
Tanner Cook, King (Tennesse)
Henning Schein, Armstrong State
West Region
Tareq Alwafai, UC San Diego
Isaac Derline, Western Washington
Brendan Gee, UC San Diego
