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It's Official: New Mexico Earns At-Large Berth to NCAA Cross Country Championships
Nov. 14, 2004 INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2004 Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships. As expected, the 20th-ranked New Mexico men were one of four at-large teams selected out of the Mountain Region, marking the Lobos' first trip to the national meet in 16 years. 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 from each region whose teams did not advance to the championships race, 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 2004 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 22, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. The women's race will begin at 9 a.m. Mountain time followed by the men's race at 10:15 a.m. The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
Arizona St. - West Region Arkansas - South Central Region Brigham Young - Mountain Region Colorado - Mountain Region Florida - South Region Florida St. - South Region Georgetown - Mid-Atlantic Region Iona - Northeast Region Minnesota - Midwest Region North Carolina St. - Southeast Region Notre Dame - Great Lakes Region Oklahoma St. - Midwest Region Providence - Northeast Region Stanford - West Region Texas - South Central Region William & Mary - Southeast Region Wisconsin - Great Lakes Region
Butler Cal Poly Central Mich. Colorado St. Georgia Indiana Iowa Michigan Michigan St. NEW MEXICO Northern Ariz. Ohio St. Women's Individual Automatic QualifiersGreat Lakes Region Jill Scully, Ball St. Amber Ferner, Purdue Katrina Rundbaug, Wisconsin Morgan Sulzener, Akron Middle Atlantic Region Keira Carlstrom, American Maggie Infield, Georgetown Nicole Lee, Georgetown Maureen McCandless, Pittsburgh Midwest Region Mary Davies, Oklahoma St. Jessica Eldridge, Oklahoma Faithy Kamangila, Oral Roberts Casey Owens, Southwest MO. St. Mountain Region Jacquelyne Gallegos, New Mexico Elise Greenwood, Utah Ida Nilson, Northern Ariz. Jennifer Thompson, Wyoming Northeast Region Kate Boyles, Cornell Lindsay Donaldson, Yale Cara Kiernan, Yale Lindsey Scherf, Harvard South Region Lauren Blakenship, Samford Angela Homan, Auburn Kathleen Turchin, Chattanooga Shannon Womack, Chattanooga South Central Region Marissa Daniels, Rice Mary Kinyanjui, TCU Ashley Monteau, Stephen F. Austin Clandra Stewart, TCU Southeast Region Allison Grace, Kentucky Emily Harrison, Virginia Jemissa Hess, High Point Shannon Saunders, James Madison West Region Laura Harmon, Oregon Beth Hoge, Arizona Iryna Vaschuk, Southern California Women's At-large QualifiersChrista Benton, South Fla. Maria Cicero, Boston College Jennifer Koeppel, Buffalo ** For a complete list of the men's and women's qualifying teams and individuals, visit www.NCAASports.com.
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