t-and-f: NCAA DI Qualifiers - Official Selections

[Michael J. Roth]

http://www.ncaa.org/releases/makepage.cgi/champselections/2002111804sl.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Monday, November 18, 2002 Mark Bockelman
Assistant Director of Championships
317/917-6513


2002 NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS



INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2002 Division I 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-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 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 2002 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 25, at the Wabash Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. The women's race will begin at noon Eastern time followed by the men's race at 1:15 p.m.

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men's Automatic Qualifying Teams Men's At-large Teams
Alabama - South Central Michigan
Arkansas - South Central Colorado State
Eastern Michigan - Great Lakes Michigan
Georgetown - Mid-Atlantic Texas A&M
Iona College - Northeast Brigham Young University
Minnesota - Midwest Indiana
NC State - Southeast Montana State
Northern Arizona University - Mountain Butler
Providence - Northeast Notre Dame
Southern Methodist - South Central Texas-Austin
Stanford - West Ohio State
Tennessee - South Michigan State
University of Colorado - Mountain Weber State
University of Iowa - Midwest Villanova University - Mid-Atlantic William & Mary - Southeast Wisconsin - Great Lakes Oregon - West
Women's Automatic Qualifying Team Women's At-large Teams
Northwestern University - Midwest Ball State
Villanova University - Mid-Atlantic Duke
University of Colorado - Mountain Indiana
Notre Dame - Great Lakes Marquette
Michigan - Great Lakes Michigan State
Tennessee - South Northern Arizona
Providence - Northeast Penn State
University of Missouri - Midwest UCLA
Georgetown - Mid-Atlantic University of North Carolina
Florida State - South Virginia
Columbia University - Northeast Washington
Brigham Young University - Mountain William & Mary
Arkansas - South Central Wisconsin
Texas-Austin - South Central Wake Forest - Southeast NC State - Southeast Stanford - West Arizona State - West

Men's Individual Automatic Qualifiers Women's Individual Automatic Qualifiers

Great Lakes Region Great Lakes Region
Jerry Claunch, Miami (Ohio) Briana Shook, University of Toledo
Chris Reis, University of Cincinnati Adriana Zalucka, University of Akron
Sara Vergote, University of Toledo
Kim Hemstreet, University of Detroit Mercy

Middle Atlantic Region Middle Atlantic Region
Todd Witzleben, Lasalle University Megan Metcalfe, West Virginia University
Dusty Lieb, University of Pennsylvania Julie Culley, Rutgers University
Erick Too, Fairleigh Dickinson University Samia Akbar, American University
Ryan Sheehan, St. Francis University Maureen McCandless, University of Pittsburgh

Midwest Region Midwest Region
Christian Goy, Illinois State Amy Mortimer, Kansas State
Mike Mwangong, Iowa State Erin Moffett, DePaul University
Robert Wade, Loyola University Marie Nilsson, Oklahoma State University
James Bowler, Nebraska Darja Vasiljeva, University of Minnesota

Mountain Region Mountain Region
Antony Ford, University of Montana Rachael Cuellar, New Mexico State University
Bashar Ibrahim, UTEP Katie Yemm, Colorado State University
Matt Gonzales, University of New Mexico Ariana Lee, Montana State University
Delfino Arevalo, University of Utah Jessica Winters, Weber State University

Northeast Region Northeast Region
Tom Mcardle, Dartmouth College Kate O'Neill, Yale University
Jochen Dieckfoss, Boston University Maria Cicero, Boston College
Daniel Hocking, University of New Hampshire Laura O'Neill, Yale University
Steve Sundell, Columbia University Jennifer Payne, Stony Brook University

South Region South Region
William Kemey, Belmont College Christa Benton, University of South Florida
Joep Tigchelaar, Florida State University Catherine Wanyoike, Auburn University
Gediminas Banevicious, UT Chattanooga Lauren Burks, University of Georgia
Andrew Smith, University of South Florida Channon Wommack, UT Chattanooga

South Central Region South Central Region
Westly Keating, Texas-Pan American Karin Van Rooyen, SMU
Brent Corbitt, Arkansas-Little Rock Emily Field, SMU
Mike Olaque, University of Houston Melissa Gulli, Texas A&M
Kyle King, Baylor University Meredith Crane, Texas A&M

Southeast Region Southeast Region
Jason Meany, Clemson University Mollie DeFrancesco, James Madison University
Scott Shaw, Clemson University Olga Cronin, Western Kentucky
Terah Kipchiris, Coastal Carolina Caity Phillips, University of Kentucky
Chris Williams, Duke Stacey Vidt, Virginia Tech

West Region West Region
Matt Harriman, University of Portland Carrie Zografos, University of Oregon
Joseph Duke, Arizona State University Victoria Chang, University of Hawaii
Fasil Bizuneh, Arizona State University Brooke Thomas, USC
David Jackson, Cal Poly Jessica Zarndt, UNLV

Men's At-large Qualifiers Women's At-large Qualifiers
Mike Altieri, Wake Forest University Emily Kroshus, Princeton University
Jason Bill, University of Illinois Jessica Huff, Iowa State University
Mark Manefee, Kansas University
Kietil Ramstad, Drake University