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Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships Qualifiers


INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the participants in the 2003 NCAA Division II 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.

A total of 376 participants (185 men and 191 women) will compete in the championships. All regions automatically qualify two teams of seven student-athletes each. Additional berths were awarded to the regions with the first eight finishers in the 2002 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships.

All regions automatically qualify the top two individuals from non-qualifying teams. In addition, all individual competitors who finish in the top five overall places in their respective regional meet and are not a member of a qualifying team automatically advance to the championship.

St. Augustine's College will host the 2003 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 22, at the SAS Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina. The women's race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time followed by the men's race at noon Eastern time.

Women's Qualifying Teams

Adams State, North Central
Alabama-Huntsville, South
UC San Diego, West
Cal State Chico, West
Cal State Stanislaus, West

Colorado School of Mines, North Central
Edinboro, East
Grand Valley State, Great Lakes
Harding, South
Indiana (Pennsylvania), East
Lees-McRae, Southeast
Mars Hill, Southeast
Massachusetts-Lowell, Northeast
Missouri Southern State, South Central
North Florida, South
Northern Michigan, Great Lakes
Pittsburg State, South Central
South Dakota, North Central
South Dakota State, North Central
Southern Indiana, Great Lakes
Stonehill, Northeast
Tampa, South
Wayne State (Michigan), Great Lakes
Western State, North Central

Men's Qualifying Teams

Abilene Christian, South Central
Adams State, North Central
Bentley, Northeast
UC San Diego, West
Cal State Chico, West
Cal Poly Pomona, West

Central Missouri State, South Central
Edinboro, East
Grand Valley State, Great Lakes
Harding, South
Kennesaw State, South
Lenoir-Rhyne, Southeast
Lock Haven, East
Mars Hill, Southeast
Massachusetts-Lowell, Northeast
Minnesota Duluth, North Central
Missouri Southern State, South Central
North Dakota State, North Central
South Dakota State, North Central
Stonehill, Northeast
Truman, South Central
Wayne State (Michigan), Great Lakes
Western State, North Central
Western Washington, West

Women's Individual Qualifiers

East Region
Vanessa Andes, East Stroudsburg
Kelly Stewart, Shippensburg
Melissa Terwilliger, Clarion

Great Lakes Region
Kristina Owen, Michigan Tech
Breanne Steffens, Southern Illinois Edwardsville

Northeast Region
Angela Brown, Southern Connecticut State
Paula Klepadio, Bryant

North Central Region
Brianne Lippoldt, Fort Lewis
Jessica Neva, North Dakota

South Region
Jael Koech, Florida Southern
Lindsey Mills, West Georgia

South Central Region
Kristen Anderson, Central Missouri State
Kathryn Hamera, Missouri-Rolla
Justine Nahimana, Abilene Christian
Yuliya Stashkiv, Abilene Christian

Southeast Region
Natalie Creech, Wingate
Elizabeth Martin, Mount Olive
Amanda Musick, Tusculum
Jennifer Sauceman, Carson-Newman

West Region
Sarah Bouchard, Cal State L.A.
Nina Christensen, Hawaii Pacific
Chelsea Smith, Brigham Young-Hawaii
Laura Trevellyan, Western Washington

Men's Individual Qualifiers

East Region
Matt Abel, Wheeling Jesuit
Ricky Moore, Wheeling Jesuit

Great Lakes Region
Michael Nikkila, Hillsdale
Brian Taghon, Southern Illinois Edwardsville

Northeast Region
Andrew Best, St. Michael's
Charles Billi, C.W. Post

North Central Region
Dale Dexter, Fort Hays State
Daryn Parker, Fort Hays State

South Region
Elias Gonzalez, Tampa
Denis Storojev, North Florida

South Central Region
T. Jay Sanderson, Southwest Baptist
Daniel Stone, East Central

Southeast Region
Chris Hiatt, Pfeiffer
Larry Marshall, St. Augustine's
Ryan Willis, Catawba

West Region
Douglas Hamilton, Humboldt State
William Ngetich, Hawaii Pacific


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