NCAA cross country: DII championship qualifiers announced for 2018

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2018 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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Thirty-four teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top three, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 24 teams. Ten additional teams were selected at-large. A minimum of 24 additional individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined below. 

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The championships will be held Dec. 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Bob O’Conner Golf Course at Schenley Park. Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and SportsPITTSBURGH  will serve as hosts. The men’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern, followed by the women’s race at 12:15 p.m. Eastern. 

NCAA cross country fans can watch the live streams of the NCAA cross country championships as FloTrack Pro subscribers for a monthly price of $29.99 or an annual price of $149.99. The subscription plan will include unlimited access to all FloTrack live broadcasts, video on-demand from all events, FloTrack Originals, documentaries, technique videos and more. Since there is a registration process, it is recommended that you register early to ensure you do not miss any of the action. 

Women's qualifying teams:

Men's qualifying teams:

Women's individual qualifiers:

Atlantic Region 
Skye Christian  —  Seton Hill
Morgan Ilgenfritz — Bloomsburg

Central Region
Ashlee Kuykendall  — Missouri Southern State
Alicja Minczuk —  Harding
Anna Mora — East Central 
Lily Paul — Minnesota State Mankato

East Region 
Kendall Fitzgerald — Post
Kialeigh Marston — Assumption
Christine Myers — Saint Rose

Midwest Region
Allison Dorr — Saginaw Valley State
Kathryn Etelamaki — Ferris State
Karly Gawarecki — Bellarmine

South Region
Justine Glass — Montevallo 
Makayla Hewell — Shorter
Zoe Jarvis — Tampa 
Emmanuelle LeTertre — Lynn

South Central Region
Amira Cunningham — Lubbock Christian
Billie Hatch — Dixie State 
Mandee Middleton — Colorado Christian
Mercy Rotich — Eastern New Mexico

Southeast Region
Leah Hanle — Mount Olive
Domtila Kiplagat — Lenoir-Rhyne
Nicole McMillen — Tusculum
Celine Ritter — Mount Olive

West Region
Lisa Flora — Cal State San Marcos
Alexa Shindruk — Central Washington
Nicole Soleim — Central Washington
Eileen Stressling — Azusa Pacific

Men's individual qualifiers:

Atlantic Region
Ryan Clifford — Mansfield
Josh Coakley — West Chester
Nick McGuire — Bloomsburg
Jason Weitzel — Concord
Joseph Westrick — Gannon

Central Region
Karim Achengli  —Northwest Missouri State
Corbin Hansen — Nebraska-Kearney
Jacob Klemz — Washburn

East Region
Mark Corrigan — Wilmington (Delaware)
Chris Davitt  — Le Moyne
Noah Simatei — New York Institute of Technology

Midwest Region
Damien Halverson — Ferris State
Joseph Humes — Hillsdale
David Mitter — Lake Superior State
Brian Patrick — Northwood
Braden Reichl — Michigan Tech

South Region
Jakob Bernal — West Alabama
Jay Day — Alabama-Huntsville
Raymond Korir  — Central State (Ohio)
Trey Simons — Morehouse

South Central Region
Hosava Kretzmann — Fort Lewis
Stetson Rayas — Dallas Baptist University

Southeast Region
Luke Greer — Carson-Newman
Collin Silliman — Georgia College

West Region
Tyler Jones — Western Oregon
John Lawson — San Francisco State
Dustin Nading — Western Oregon

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