2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

NCAA Announces Individals & Teams to XC Championships in Louisville

Nov 10, 2012 by NCAA News

Selections released for national meet

Men’s and women’s races set to takes place Nov. 17

NCAA.com

Last Updated - November 10, 2012 10:00 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS – The Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the team and individual qualifiers for the 2012 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 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.

Louisville will host the Championships on Saturday, Nov. 17, at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky. The women’s race will begin at noon ET, followed by the men’s race at 1:15 p.m. ET.

MEN’S AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING TEAMS	MEN’S AT-LARGE TEAMS
Arkansas	Colorado
BYU	Duke
Columbia	Indiana
Eastern Kentucky	Michigan State
Florida State	New Mexico
Georgetown	North Carolina State
Georgia	Notre Dame
Iona	Oregon
Michigan	Princeton
Northern Arizona	Syracuse
Oklahoma	Tulsa
Oklahoma State	UCLA
Portland	Virginia Tech
Stanford
Texas
Villanova
Virginia
Wisconsin

WOMEN’S AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING TEAMS	WOMEN’S AT-LARGE TEAMS
Arkansas	Arizona
Connecticut	Boston College
Duke	Butler
Florida State	Colorado
Georgetown	Cornell
Iowa State	Florida
Michigan	Georgia
Michigan State	Harvard
New Mexico	Minnesota
Oklahoma State	Notre Dame
Oregon	Toledo
Penn State	Villanova
Providence	Washington
Stanford
Texas
Vanderbilt
Weber State
William & Mary

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
GREAT LAKES REGION	SOUTH REGION
John Mascari, Indiana State	Mark Parrish, Florida
Michael Heller, Kent State	Jimmy Clark, Florida
Donald Roys, Ohio State	Nabil Hamid, Kennesaw State
Johnnie Guy, Purdue	Peter Okwera, Tennessee
Matt McClintock, Purdue
MID-ATLANTIC REGION	SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Mark Allen, American	Matt Johnsen, Lamar
Jim Spisak, Duquesne	David Rooney, McNeese State
Sam Masters, Penn State	Xavier Rodriguez, Stephen F. Austin
Travis Mahoney, Temple	James Hodges, Texas A&M
	Henry Lelei, Texas A&M
MIDWEST REGION	SOUTHEAST REGION
Hunter Mickow, Illinois	Paul Chelimo, North Carolina-Greensboro
Jannis Topfer, Illinois	Paul Katam, North Carolina-Greensboro
Max Storms, Missouri	Gilbert Kemboi, USC Upstate
Brian Dixon, Southern Illinois	Joseph Chebet, Western Kentucky
MOUNTAIN REGION	WEST REGION
Nate Jewkes, Southern Utah	Lawi Lalang, Arizona
Kennedy Kithuka, Texas Tech	Stephen Sambu, Arizona
Josh McCabe, Utah Valley	Joey Brywater, Washington
Anthony Rotich, UTEP	Todd Wakefield, Washington State
NORTHEAST REGION
Rich Peters, Boston U
Marksim Korolev, Harvard
James Leakos, Harvard
Shane Quinn, Providence

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
GREAT LAKES REGION	SOUTH REGION
Kelsey Duerksen, Indiana	Katharine Showalter, Georgia State
Julie Accurso, Ohio	Joane Pierre, Jacksonville
Ashley Beutler, WIsconsin	Katie Breathitt, Mississippi
Gabi Anzalone, Wisconsin	Lauren D’Alessio, Samford
MID-ATLANTIC REGION	SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Meghan McGlinchey, La Salle	Kristina Aubert, Arkansas State
Annie-Norah Beveridge, Navy	Mary Alenbratt, SMU
Greta Feldman, Princeton	Lauren Smith, Stephen F. Austin
Sarah-Anne Brault, West Virginia	Agnes Kemboi, TCU
MIDWEST REGION	SOUTHEAST REGION
Mareike Schrulle, Iowa	Cally Macumber, Kentucky
Laura Galvan, Kansas State	Chelsea Oswald, Kentucky
Gina Valgoi, Loyola Chicago	Jennifer Klugh, Liberty
Jessica Engel, Oklahoma	Lianne Farber, North Carolina
Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton, Wichita State	Catherine White, Virginia
MOUNTAIN REGION	WEST REGION
Courtney Schultz, New Mexico State	Shelby Houlihan, Arizona State
Rochelle Kanuho, Northern Arizona	Laura Hollander, Cal Poly
Amanda Mergaert, Utah	Kelsey Santisteban, California
Risper Kimaiyo, UTEP	Sheree Shea, Loyola Marymount
NORTHEAST REGION
Margaret Connelly, Brown
Abbey D’Agostino, Dartmouth
Keely Maguire, New Hampshire
Sarah Pagano, Syracuse