
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Sunday, November 16, 2008 John Williams
Director of Championships
317/917-6316
2008 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
QUALIFIERS
INDIANAPOLIS---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:
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Men’s Automatic
Qualifying Teams |
Men’s At-large Teams |
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Allegheny |
Augustana (Illinois) |
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Amherst |
Brandeis |
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Calvin |
Case Western Reserve |
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Carnegie Mellon |
Dickinson |
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Centre |
Geneseo State |
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Grinnell |
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Cortland State |
Haverford |
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Emory |
Heidelberg |
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Nebraska Wesleyan |
Mount Union |
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New York University |
Plattsburgh State |
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North Central (Illinois) |
St. Lawrence |
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Ohio Northern |
St. Olaf |
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St. John’s (Minnesota) |
Trinity (Connecticut) |
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Whitworth |
Willamette |
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Williams |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
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Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
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Women’s Automatic
Qualifying Team |
Women’s At-large Teams |
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Calvin |
Amherst |
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Case Western |
Bethel (Minnesota) |
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Carleton |
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Cortland State |
Colby |
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Dickinson |
DePauw |
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Emory |
Ithaca |
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Geneseo State |
Kenyon |
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Johns Hopkins |
Messiah |
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Luther |
MIT |
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Middlebury |
The College of New Jersey |
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Pomona-Pitzer |
St. Lawrence |
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Trinity (Texas) |
St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
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Wartburg |
Washington U. in St. Louis |
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Williams |
Wheaton (Illinois) |
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Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
Willamette |
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Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
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Men’s Individual
Automatic Qualifiers |
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Atlantic Region |
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Peter |
Kosgei |
Hamilton |
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Chris |
Guerriero |
TCNJ |
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Tom |
Bocchino |
TCNJ |
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Nick |
Stenuf |
Nazareth |
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Travis |
Stewart |
Rutgers-Camden |
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Tom |
Williams |
Fredonia State |
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Curt |
Bell |
Ithaca |
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Central Region |
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David |
McKay |
Luther |
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Daniel |
Greeno |
Bethel (Minnesota) |
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Brandon |
Gleason |
Hamline |
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Brian |
Chenoweth |
Wartburg |
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Carl |
Gladitsch |
Bethel (Minnesota) |
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Brent |
Haglund |
Augsburg |
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Andrew |
Laflin |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
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Andy |
Williams |
Manchester |
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Grant |
Russo |
Denison |
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Seth |
Weener |
Hope |
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Brandon |
Welti |
Franklin |
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Seth |
Einterz |
Wabash |
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Tim |
Murray |
Trine |
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Makorobo |
Salukombo |
Denison |
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Eddie |
Penatar |
Cabrini |
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Francis |
Eanes |
Messiah |
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Tim |
Van Syckle |
Muhlenberg |
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Paul |
Thistle |
Susquehanna |
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Chris |
Wasnetsky |
Scranton |
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Garrett |
Cichowitz |
Grove City |
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David |
Chorney |
Muhlenberg |
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Brandon |
Mull |
Wheaton (Illinois) |
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Brian |
Wurtz |
Wheaton (Illinois) |
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Pat |
Austin |
Elmhurst |
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Dominic |
Maio |
Milwaukee Engr. |
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Christopher |
Wirtz |
Wis.-Eau Claire |
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Mathias |
Werve |
Wis.-Whitewater |
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Zach |
Shiels |
Wisconsin Lutheran |
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Jesse |
Faller |
Tufts |
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Brian |
Murtagh |
Connecticut College |
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Thompson |
Ogilvie |
Bowdoin |
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Michael |
Griffin |
Springfield |
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Tyler |
Jasud |
Southern Maine |
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Alex |
Gomes |
Southern Maine |
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Avery |
Bouchard |
Bridgewater State |
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South/Southeast Region |
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David |
Woodson |
Chris. Newport |
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Ricky |
Flynn |
Lynchburg |
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Bryant |
Wright |
Trinity (Texas) |
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Ben |
Donnan |
Texas-Tyler |
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Ken |
Wheeler |
McMurry |
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Warren |
Brown |
Texas-Tyler |
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Mark |
Handelman |
Rhodes |
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West Region |
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Francis |
Reynolds |
Puget Sound |
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Eric |
Kleinsasser |
Occidental |
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Torrey |
Olson |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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Shawn |
Fisher |
Linfield |
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Keith |
Blumenfeld |
Occidental |
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Jackson |
Brainerd |
Colorado College |
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Clay |
Hoadley |
Occidental |
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Women’s Individual
Automatic Qualifiers |
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Atlantic Region |
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Jennifer |
Schaffhouser |
Plattsburgh State |
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Kelsey |
Conn |
College of Brockport |
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Johanna |
Spangler |
Vassar |
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Joan |
Kanarkiewicz |
New York University |
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Sarah |
Gollub |
Rochester |
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Lauren |
Norton |
Rochester |
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Erin |
Kyle |
Rensselaer |
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Central Region |
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Jackie |
Spelts |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
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Mary Bridget |
Corken |
Loras |
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Rachelle |
Hawkins |
Cornell College |
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Ashley |
Schnell |
Coe |
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Katelyn |
Meger |
St. Scholastica |
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Margot |
Branigan |
Hamline |
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Jennifer |
Carlson |
St. Olaf |
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Joanna |
Johnson |
Oberlin |
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Allison |
Iott |
Kalamazoo |
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Katie |
Navarre |
Denison |
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Jillian |
McLaughlin |
Kalamazoo |
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Ashley |
Scullion |
Baldwin-Wallace |
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D’Arcy |
Hlavin |
Baldwin-Wallace |
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Nicky |
Ouellet |
Oberlin |
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Christa |
Johnson |
Ursinus |
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Kristen |
Carter |
Grove City |
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Julia |
Seward |
Grove City |
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Jackie |
Kirby |
Keystone |
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Tiffany |
Kulp |
Elizabethtown |
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Alycia |
Woodruff |
Susquehanna |
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Emily |
Lipman |
Haverford |
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Becca |
Jordahl |
Wis.-River Falls |
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Jenny |
Scherer |
St. Norbert |
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Mary Kate |
Beyer |
Monmouth (Illinois) |
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Jessica |
Scott |
Wis.-Platteville |
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Rachel |
Venezia |
Chicago |
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Kelly |
Haen |
Wis.-Stevens Point |
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Elizabeth |
Lawton |
Chicago |
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Stephanie |
McNamara |
Tufts |
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Ravenna |
Neville |
Wesleyan |
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Anne |
Monjar |
Bowdoin |
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Kerry |
Arouca |
Westfield State |
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Nora |
Youngs |
Smith |
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Liz |
Wheatley |
Wesleyan |
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Amy |
Wilfert |
Tufts |
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South/Southeast Region |
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Taylor |
Stephens |
Rhodes |
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Lolly |
Plummer |
Hendrix |
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Hayley |
Sullivan |
Mary Washington |
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Cybil |
Covic |
Rhodes |
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Jessica |
Shaw |
Washington and Lee |
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Elizabeth |
Webb |
Washington and Lee |
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Amy |
Wampler |
Christopher Newport |
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West Region |
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Mikayla |
Murphy |
UC Santa Cruz |
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Michele |
Callaway |
Whittier |
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Kelsey |
Owens |
Pacific (Oregon) |
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Hannah |
Palmer |
Lewis & Clark |
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Kristen |
Balinger |
Whitman |
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Marci |
Klimek |
Linfield |
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Carina |
Hendricks |
UC Santa Cruz |
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In 2007, New York University
men’s team captured the championship hosted by St. Olaf College. They finished
with 128 points to defeat runner-up Haverford College, which finished with 150
points.
On the women’s side, Amherst
College defeated Plattsburg State University of New York to win their first
championship. Amherst totaled 120 points to Plattsburg St.’s 159.
Individual honors went to Sarah
Zerzan of Willamette University who won the individual title, finishing 23
seconds ahead of State University College at Geneseo’s Liz Montgomery. In the
men’s championship, individual honors went to Tyler Sigl of the University of
Wisconsin, Platteville. Sigl finished 13 seconds ahead of Peter Kosgei of Hamilton
College.
For more information
regarding the championships, log on to www.ncaa.com.
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