NCAA D-III Championship Field Announced

November 16, 2008

Nov. 16, 2008

NDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2008 Division III 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-two teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top two, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 16 teams. Sixteen additional teams were selected at-large.

Fifty-six individuals, the first seven athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team, were selected to participate in each championship.

Hanover College will host the championships, November 22, at the L.S. Ayres Complex in Hanover, Indiana. The men’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time followed by the women’s race at noon Eastern time.

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams	Men’s At-large Teams
Allegheny	Augustana (Illinois)
Amherst	Brandeis
Calvin	Case Western Reserve
Carnegie Mellon	Dickinson
Centre	Geneseo State
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Grinnell
Cortland State	Haverford
Emory	Heidelberg
Nebraska Wesleyan	Mount Union
New York University	Plattsburgh State
North Central (Illinois)	St. Lawrence
Ohio Northern	St. Olaf
St. John’s (Minnesota)	Trinity (Connecticut)
Whitworth	Willamette
Williams	Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Wisconsin-La Crosse	Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team	Women’s At-large Teams
Calvin	Amherst
Case Western	Bethel (Minnesota)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Carleton
Cortland State	Colby
Dickinson	DePauw
Emory	Ithaca
Geneseo State	Kenyon
Johns Hopkins	Messiah
Luther	MIT
Middlebury	The College of New Jersey
Pomona-Pitzer	St. Lawrence
Trinity (Texas)	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Wartburg	Washington U. in St. Louis
Williams	Wheaton (Illinois)
Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Willamette
Wisconsin-La Crosse	Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers

Atlantic Region
Peter	Kosgei	Hamilton
Chris	Guerriero	TCNJ
Tom	Bocchino	TCNJ
Nick	Stenuf	Nazareth
Travis	Stewart	Rutgers-Camden
Tom	Williams	Fredonia State
Curt	Bell	Ithaca

Central Region
David	McKay	Luther
Daniel	Greeno	Bethel (Minnesota)
Brandon	Gleason	Hamline
Brian	Chenoweth	Wartburg
Carl	Gladitsch	Bethel (Minnesota)
Brent	Haglund	Augsburg
Brad	O'Neil	Coe

Great Lakes Region
Andy	Williams	Manchester
Grant	Russo	Denison
Seth	Weener	Hope
Brandon	Welti	Franklin
Seth	Einterz	Wabash
Tim	Murray	Trine
Makorobo	Salukombo	Denison

Mideast Region
Eddie	Penatar	Cabrini
Francis	Eanes	Messiah
Tim	Van Syckle	Muhlenberg
Paul	Thistle	Susquehanna
Chris	Wasnetsky	Scranton
Garrett	Cichowitz	Grove City
David	Chorney	Muhlenberg

Midwest Region
Brandon	Mull	Wheaton (Illinois)
Brian	Wurtz	Wheaton (Illinois)
Pat	Austin	Elmhurst
Dominic	Maio	Milwaukee Engr.
Christopher	Wirtz	Wis.-Eau Claire
Mathias	Werve	Wis.-Whitewater
Zach	Shiels	Wisconsin Lutheran

New England Region
Jesse	Faller	Tufts
Brian	Murtagh	Connecticut College
Thompson	Ogilvie	Bowdoin
Michael	Griffin	Springfield
Tyler	Jasud	Southern Maine
Alex	Gomes	Southern Maine
Avery	Bouchard	Bridgewater State

South/Southeast Region
David	Woodson	Chris. Newport
Ricky	Flynn	Lynchburg
Bryant	Wright	Trinity (Texas)
Ben	Donnan	Texas-Tyler
Ken	Wheeler	McMurry
Warren	Brown	Texas-Tyler
Mark	Handelman	Rhodes

West Region
Francis	Reynolds	Puget Sound
Eric	Kleinsasser	Occidental
Torrey	Olson	Pomona-Pitzer
Shawn	Fisher	Linfield
Keith	Blumenfeld	Occidental
Jackson	Brainerd	Colorado College
Clay	Hoadley	Occidental

Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers

Atlantic Region
Jennifer	Schaffhouser			Plattsburgh State
Kelsey	Conn			College of Brockport
Johanna	Spangler			Vassar
Joan	Kanarkiewicz			New York University
Sarah	Gollub			Rochester
Lauren	Norton			Rochester
Erin	Kyle			Rensselaer

Central Region
Jackie		Spelts	Nebraska Wesleyan
Mary Bridget		Corken	Loras
Rachelle		Hawkins	Cornell College
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