Last year, the Syracuse men's XC team took home the national title.
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 2016 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.
Indiana State University will host the championships, Saturday, November 19, at LaVern Gibson Championship Course at Wabash Valley Family Sport Center located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The women’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by the men’s race at approximately noon Eastern Time. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from 11 a.m. Eastern Time until the conclusion of the awards ceremony, Saturday, November 19, on NCAA.com.
The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
| Men's Automatic Qualifying Teams |
|---|
| Arkansas |
| Colorado |
| Georgetown |
| Iona |
| Michigan State |
| Middle Tennessee State |
| Mississippi |
| Navy |
| North Carolina State |
| Northern Arizona |
| Oklahoma State |
| Portland |
| Stanford |
| Syracuse |
| Texas |
| Tulsa |
| Virginia |
| Wisconsin |
| Men's At-large Teams |
|---|
| Boise State |
| Brigham Young |
| California |
| Colorado State |
| Dartmouth |
| Illinois |
| Iowa State |
| Oregon |
| Providence |
| Southern Utah |
| UCLA |
| UTEP |
| Washington State |
| Women's Automatic Qualifying Teams |
|---|
| Arkansas |
| Baylor |
| Colorado |
| Harvard |
| Louisville |
| Michigan |
| Mississippi |
| Mississippi State |
| Missouri |
| North Carolina State |
| New Mexico |
| Notre Dame |
| Oklahoma State |
| Penn State |
| Providence |
| Stanford |
| Villanova |
| Washington |
| Women's At-large Teams |
|---|
| Air Force |
| Brigham Young |
| Eastern Michigan |
| Iowa State |
| Michigan State |
| Oregon |
| Pennsylvania |
| Portland |
| San Francisco |
| UCLA |
| Utah |
| Wisconsin |
| Yale |
| Men's Individual Qualifiers | |
|---|---|
| Region/ Individual | School |
| Great Lakes | |
| Nicholas Raymond | Eastern Michigan |
| Matthew Schwartzer | Indiana |
| Jason Crist | Indiana |
| Jaret Carpenter | Purdue |
| Mid-Atlantic | |
| Khalil Rmidi Kinini | Maryland Eastern Shore |
| Nicholas Tuck | Penn |
| Conor Lundy | Princeton |
| Patrick Tiernan | Villanova |
| Andrew Marston | Villanova |
| Midwest | |
| Michael Ward | Bradley |
| Reed Fisher | Drake |
| Dylan Blankenbaker | Oklahoma |
| Joel Reichow | South Dakota State |
| Mountain | |
| Andrew Johnson | Air Force |
| Benard Keter | Texas Tech |
| Dillon Maggard | Utah State |
| Northeast | |
| Sean Burke | Boston College |
| Brian Zabilski | Columbia |
| Kenny Vasbinder | Columbia |
| Yale | James Randon |
| South | |
| Robbie Farnham-Rose | Alabama |
| Antibahs Kosgei | Alabama |
| Harry Mulenga | Florida State |
| Arse'ne Guillorel | Samford |
| South Central | |
| Emmanuel Rotich | Tulane |
| Stanley Limoh | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Craig Lautenslager | UT Arlington |
| Michael Guerrero | UT Arlington |
| Southeast | |
| Amon Terer | Campbell |
| Lawrence Kipkoech | Campbell |
| Erick Rotich | Eastern Kentucky |
| Frank Lara | Furman |
| Jacob Thomson | Kentucky |
| Edwin Kibichiy | Louisville |
| West | |
| Alex Short | San Francisco |
| Jose Pina | San Jose State |
| Gabe Arias-Sheridan | St. Mary's (California) |
| Fred Huxham | Washington |
| Women's Individual Qualifiers | |
|---|---|
| Region/ Individual | School |
| Great Lakes | |
| Katherine Turner | Butler |
| Katherine Receveur | Indiana |
| Maria Scavuzzo | Miami (Ohio) |
| Emma Benner | Purdue |
| Mid-Atlantic | |
| Catherine Scott | Bucknell |
| Gillian Schriever | Pittsburgh |
| Jillian Forsey | West Virginia |
| Maggie Drazba | West Virginia |
| Midwest | |
| Sharon Lokedi | Kansas |
| Madeline Strandemo | Minnesota |
| Hope Schmelzle | Northern Illinois |
| Aubrey Roberts | Northwestern |
| Mountain | |
| Janelle Lincks | Colorado State |
| Darby Gilfillan | Colorado State |
| Winny Koech | UTEP |
| Ellie Child | Weber State |
| Northeast | |
| Isabelle Kennedy | Boston College |
| Henna Rustami | Columbia |
| Elinor Purrier | New Hampshire |
| Christina Melian | Stony Brook |
| South | |
| Veronica Eder | Auburn |
| Carmela Cardama Baez | Florida State |
| Karisa Nelson | Samford |
| Anne-Marie Blaney | UCF |
| Sara Tsai | Vanderbilt |
| South Central | |
| Katie Jensen | Rice |
| Abigail Cartwright | Rice |
| Hannah Miller | SMU |
| Brenley Goertzen | TCU |
| Southeast | |
| Grace Barnett | Clemson |
| Annie Bothma | Coastal Carolina |
| Charlotte Imer | Eastern Kentucky |
| Katy Kunc | Kentucky |
| Regan Rome | William and Mary |
| West | |
| Brenna Peloquin | Boise State |
| Peyton Bilo | Cal Poly |
| Bethan Knights | California |
| Sarah Reiter | Eastern Washington |
