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/ IndividualSchool
Great Lakes
Nicholas RaymondEastern Michigan
Matthew SchwartzerIndiana
Jason CristIndiana
Jaret CarpenterPurdue
Mid-Atlantic
Khalil Rmidi KininiMaryland Eastern Shore
Nicholas TuckPenn
Conor LundyPrinceton
Patrick TiernanVillanova
Andrew MarstonVillanova
Midwest
Michael WardBradley
Reed FisherDrake
Dylan BlankenbakerOklahoma
Joel ReichowSouth Dakota State
Mountain
Andrew JohnsonAir Force
Benard KeterTexas Tech
Dillon MaggardUtah State
Northeast
Sean BurkeBoston College/Bishop O'Dowd HS, Oakland
Brian ZabilskiColumbia
Kenny VasbinderColumbia
YaleJames Randon
South
Robbie Farnham-RoseAlabama
Antibahs KosgeiAlabama
Harry MulengaFlorida State
Arse'ne GuillorelSamford
South Central
Emmanuel RotichTulane
Stanley LimohLouisiana-Lafayette
Craig LautenslagerUT Arlington
Michael GuerreroUT Arlington
Southeast
Amon TererCampbell
Lawrence KipkoechCampbell
Erick RotichEastern Kentucky
Frank LaraFurman
Jacob ThomsonKentucky
Edwin KibichiyLouisville
West
Alex ShortSan Francisco
Jose PinaSan Jose State
Gabe Arias-SheridanSt. Mary's (California)
Fred HuxhamWashington/Redwood HS, Larkspur (His high school coach ran for Washington.)
Women's Individual Qualifiers
Region/ IndividualSchool
Great Lakes
Katherine TurnerButler
Katherine ReceveurIndiana
Maria ScavuzzoMiami (Ohio)
Emma BennerPurdue
Mid-Atlantic
Catherine ScottBucknell
Gillian SchrieverPittsburgh
Jillian ForseyWest Virginia
Maggie DrazbaWest Virginia
Midwest
Sharon LokediKansas
Madeline StrandemoMinnesota
Hope SchmelzleNorthern Illinois
Aubrey RobertsNorthwestern
Mountain
Janelle LincksColorado State
Darby GilfillanColorado State
Winny KoechUTEP
Ellie ChildWeber State
Northeast
Isabelle KennedyBoston College
Henna RustamiColumbia
Elinor PurrierNew Hampshire
Christina MelianStony Brook
South
Veronica Eder Auburn
Carmela Cardama BaezFlorida State
Karisa NelsonSamford
Anne-Marie BlaneyUCF
Sara TsaiVanderbilt
South Central
Katie JensenRice
Abigail CartwrightRice
Hannah MillerSMU
Brenley GoertzenTCU
Southeast
Grace BarnettClemson
Annie BothmaCoastal Carolina
Charlotte ImerEastern Kentucky
Katy KuneKentucky
Regan RomeWilliam and Mary
West
Brenna PeloquinBoise State
Peyton BiloCal Poly
Bethan KnightsCalifornia
Sarah ReiterEastern Washington