Field set for NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships

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Posted Thursday, 16 November, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2006 Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.

In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals must qualify in their respective NCAA regions.

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, the first four athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team and two additional qualifiers, were selected to participate in each championship. All individual qualifiers must finish in the top 25 in their region.

Indiana State University will host the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 20, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. The women’s race will begin at noon Eastern time followed by the men’s race at 1:15 p.m.

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
Alabama
American
Arkansas
Brigham Young
Colorado
Florida State
Georgetown
Iona
Kansas
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Providence
Stanford
Texas
William and Mary
Wisconsin

Men's At-large Teams
Arizona
Butler
Cal Poly
Florida
Iowa
Louisville
Michigan State
Portland
UC Santa Barbara
UCLA
Virginia
Washington
Washington State

Women’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
Arkansas
Baylor
Boston College
Colorado
Duke
Florida
Georgetown
Georgia
Illinois
Iona
Michigan State
Minnesota
North Carolina State
Princeton
Stanford
Texas Tech
UC Santa Barbara
Wisconsin

Women's At-large Teams
Arizona State
Brigham Young
Colorado State
Florida State
Iowa
Michigan
North Carolina
Providence
Tennessee
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Weber State

Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Corey Nowtizke, Eastern Michigan
Jordan Kyle, Indiana
Justin Kunz, Indiana State
John Ealy, Ohio Sate

Middle Atlantic Region
Samuel Chelanga, Fairleigh Dickinson
Sean Quigley, La Salle
Dan Mazzocco, Penn State
Matthew Forys, Bucknell
Dave Nightingale, Princeton

Midwest Region
Chris Rombough, Minnesota
Jason Bill, Illinois
Kiel Uhl, Iowa State
Tim Ross, Missouri

Mountain Region
Joseph Lomong, Northern Arizona
Mark Korir, Wyoming
Kevin Chelimo, Texas Tech
Stephen Samoei, UTEP
Seth Pilkington, Weber State
Jess Baumgartner, Southern Utah

Northeast Region
Ben True, Dartmouth
Patrick Mellea, Boston College
Max Feldman, Connecticut
Tim Galebach, Harvard

South Central Region
Shadrack Songok, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Samuel Kosgei, Lamar
Francis Kasagule, Lamar
Brian McKinstry, Texas A&M

Southeast Region
Jacob Korir, Eastern Kentucky
Josh McDougal, Liberty
Itay Magidi, Clemson
David Kemboi, Norfolk State

South Region
Barnabas Kirui, Mississippi
Tonny Okello, South Alabama
Vincent Rono, South Alabama
Ian Burrell, Georgia

West Region
Aaron Aguayo, Arizona State
Forest Braden, Boise State
David Torrence, California

Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Great Lakes Region
Laura Rolf, Valparaiso
Jessica Gall, Indiana
Sunni Olding, Notre Dame
Lindsay Hattendorf, Indiana

Middle Atlantic Region
Frances Koons, Villanova
Bridget Franek, Penn State
Stacy Kim, Pennsylvania
Rachel Papin, La Salle
Leanna Nastase, Bucknell

Midwest Region
Jessica Eldridge, Oklahoma
Lisa Koll, Iowa State
Diana Chelimo, Oral Roberts
Alex Becker, Tulsa

Mountain Region
Timmie Murphy, New Mexico
Nicole Gueldemeister, Northern Arizona
Allie Brosh, Montana
Katja Rosenplaenter, Northern Arizona

Northeast Region
Lindsay Donaldson, Yale
Catherine Parker, New Hampshire
Toni Salucci, Cornell
Jillian Sullivan, Connecticut
Marissa Ryan, Boston U.

South Region
Lanni Marchant, Chattanooga
Julia Hicks, Alabama
Jennifer Mcpherson, Mississippi State
Katherine Herring, Samford

South Central Region
Rachael Forish, SMU
Merideth Snow, Texas A&M
Renee Graham, Lamar
Jodi Hulett, Texas-Arlington

Southeast Region
Julia Viellehner, Coastal Carolina
Tarah McKay, Louisville
Alicia Valtin, Campbell
Dena Spickard, James Madison

West Region
Laura Olvera, UC Irvine
Anita Campbell, Washington
Laura Mickelson, Loyola Marymount
Amy Lia, Washington

Related info:
NCAA Division II Men's and Women's XC Championship Fields

NCAA Division III Men's and Women's XC Championship Fields

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