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Last Updated - Nov 15, 2014 17:56 EST
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced Saturday the team and individual qualifiers for the 2014 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 region.
Indiana State will host the championships on Nov. 22 at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. The women’s race will begin at noon ET, followed by the men’s race at approximately 1 p.m. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast on NCAA.com.
Women’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
Arkansas
Baylor
Boise State
Colorado
Florida State
Georgetown
Iona
Iowa State
Michigan State
Minnesota
New Mexico
Oregon
Providence
Vanderbilt
Virginia
West Virginia
William and Mary
Wisconsin
Women’s At-large Teams
Boston College
Dartmouth
Michigan
North Carolina
NC State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Stanford
Syracuse
Toledo
UCLA
Virginia Tech
Washington
Women's Individual Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Victoria Voronko, Eastern Michigan
Sofie Gallein, Eastern Michigan
Maria McDaniel, Western Michigan
Abbey Kelto, Central Michigan
Mid-Atlantic Region
Megan Curham, Princeton Sophomore Warren, N.J. (Villa Walsh)
Morgan Szekely, La Salle
Elizabeth Weiler, Lehigh
Jillian Hunsberger, Penn State
Midwest Region
Courtney Frerichs, UMKC
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State
Monika Juodeskaite, Oklahoma State
Karissa Schweizer, Missouri
Laura Galvan, Kansas State
Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota
Mountain Region
Andrea Harrison, BYU 5-6 Junior Spokane, WA (Shadle Park High School)
Carrie Jube, BYU 5-5 Junior Provo, UT (Timpview High School)
Holly Page, Wyoming 5-7 SR 3L Maitland, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS)
Kim Robertson 5-9 FR HS Lovell, Wyo. (Lovell HS)
Melanie Townsend Northern Arizona Junior Melbourne, Australia / Haileybury College
Northeast Region
Lauren Sara, UConn
Kira Garry, Yale Fr. Montauk, N.Y. / Friends Academy
Emily Durgin, UConn
Rosa Moriello, Boston U.
South Region
Chelsea Blaase, Tennessee
Rhianwedd Price, Mississippi State
Anne-Marie Blaney, UCF
Hannah Maina, Middle Tennessee
South Central Region
Agnes Sjostrom, SMU
Cali Roper, Rice
Hillary Montgomery, Texas A&M
Grace Fletcher, Texas A&M
Southeast Region
Allie Buchalski, Furman
Kyla Van Graan, Coastal Carolina
Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina
Ann Eason, Eastern Kentucky
West Region
Shelby Houlihan, Arizona State 5-3 Sr. Sioux City, Iowa (East HS)
Bethan Knights, California 5'4" 95 lbs. Freshman Irvine, Calif. (Northwood HS)
"High School: Broke the national record in the two-mile race, recording a time of 9:53.54 in the Brooks PR Invitational at Renton Memorial Stadium in Seattle this past June … standout at Northwood High School where she was a three-year MVP for both the cross country and track teams … holds the school records in the 3200m, 1600m and 800m … cross country state champion in 2013 and state champion in the 3200m in track last spring … named Orange County Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year as a senior by the Orange County Register … also compete in the Nike Cross Nationals in 2012 and 2013 … played on the Northwood HS varsity soccer team as a sophomore … a British citizen who grew up in Bristol, England before moving to the United States 10 years ago."
http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209604541&DB_OEM_ID=30100
Tansey Lystad, Portland Sr. Kirkland, Wash. / Inglemoor
Raquel Hefflin, UC Riverside Senior 5-3 Compton, CA (Beverly Hills HS)
"High School Four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Beverly Hills High School ... Helped her cross country squad to four straight Ocean League Championships ... Named the team's Rookie of the Year and Freshman Athlete of the Year as a freshman ... Named Most Inspirational and Sophomore Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... As a junior was the number one runner on the varsity squad and received the team's Most Valuable Player award and Junior Athlete of the Year honor ... In 2009 was named Most Valuable Runner, Female Varsity Athlete of the Year, and to the Beverly Hills High Hall of Fame ... Member of the Principal's Honor Rolls ... Participated in the Christian Club and Black Student Union Club ... Volunteered at an AIDS Walk in 2008 and at "Light up a Life," a fundraiser for cancer ..."
Courtesy UC Riverside
Raquel Hefflin went from living in Compton to attending Beverly Hills HS. Quite an economic contrast. In 1961 I went from the U.S. Air Force Academy to the University of California in Berkeley. From right to left politically. From a male only student body to a coed student body.
"Since the 1980s, the city of Compton has become well known in American popular culture due to many hip hop groups and rappers originating from the community, such as the seminal gangsta rap group N.W.A, best known for their debut album, Straight Outta Compton. The city of Compton as well as southern Los Angeles County in general is notorious for its gangs, such as the Bloods, the Crips, and Sureños, which all originated in the Los Angeles area." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton,_California
"Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.
Originally a Spanish ranch where lima beans were grown, it was incorporated in 1914 by a group of investors who had failed to find oil, but found water instead and eventually decided to develop it into a town. It is now home to 34,290 inhabitants. Sometimes merely known by one of its primary ZIP codes, "90210", it has been home to actors and celebrities. The city also includes the shopping district Rodeo Drive and the Beverly Hills Oil Field." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California
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DIVISION I WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
SCHOOL APPEARANCES * LAST BEST FINISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Arkansas 27 2013 2nd --
Baylor 15 2009 8th --
Boise State First -- -- --
Boston College 18 2012 4th --
Colorado 24 2013 1st 2 (2000, 2004)
Dartmouth 11 2013 4th --
Florida State 11 2013 2nd --
Georgetown 26 2013 1st 1 (2011)
Iona 2 2006 20th --
Iowa State 12 2013 2nd --
Michigan 26 2013 2nd --
Michigan State 16 2013 4th --
Minnesota 18 2013 9th --
New Mexico 9 2013 5th --
North Carolina 15 2010 6th --
North Carolina State 28 2011 2nd --
Notre Dame 13 2013 3rd --
Ohio State 2 2009 29th --
Oregon 26 2013 1st 3 (1983, 1987, 2012)
Providence 25 2013 1st 2 (1995, 2013)
Stanford 27 2013 1st 5 (1996, 2003, 2005-07)
Syracuse 6 2013 10th --
Toledo 4 2012 21st --
UCLA 10 2004 6th --
Vanderbilt 4 2013 6th --
Virginia 14 2013 1st 2 (1981-82)
Virginia Tech 2 2006 18th --
Washington 21 2013 1st 1 (2008)
West Virginia 9 2013 4th --
William & Mary 9 2013 10th --
Wisconsin 26 2013 1st 2 (1984-85)
* -- Includes 2014.
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