Six SAC Teams and Lenoir-Rhyne's Kwambai Qualify for NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country National Championships

November 8, 2021

INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2021 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships.

In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals had to qualify in their respective NCAA regional competitions that were held this past weekend.

Thirty-four teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top three, seven- person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 24 teams. Ten additional teams were selected at-large. A minimum of 24 additional individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined below.

The championships will be held Nov. 20 in Saint Leo, Florida at The Abbey Course. Saint Leo University and Tampa Bay Sports Commission will serve as hosts. The women's race will begin at 8:30

a.m. Eastern, followed by the men's race at 9:45 a.m. Eastern.

A live webstream of the championships will occur on www.NCAA.com from 8:30 a.m. Eastern until the conclusion of the awards ceremony.

Men's Qualifying Teams

School	Region
Adams State	South Central
Alabama Huntsville	South
American International	East
Augustana (South Dakota)	Central
California Poly Pomona	West

Central Missouri	Central
Chico State	West
Catawba	Southeast
Cedarville	Midwest
Charleston (West Virginia)	Atlantic
Colorado Christian	South Central
Colorado School of Mines	South Central
Colorado-Colorado Springs	South Central
Concord	Atlantic
Edinboro	Atlantic
Embry-Riddle (Florida)	South
Fresno Pacific	West
Grand Valley State	Midwest
Lee	South
Lewis	Midwest
Michigan Tech.	Midwest
Mississippi College	South
Missouri Southern State	Central
Nebraska-Kearney	Central
Pittsburg State	Central
Queens (North Carolina)	Southeast
Southern Connecticut State	East
Southern Indiana	Midwest
Stonehill	East
Walsh	Midwest
Wingate University	Southeast
Wayne State (Michigan)	Midwest
Western Colorado University	South Central
West Texas A&M	South Central

Women's Qualifying Teams

School	Region
Academy of Art	West
Adams State	South Central
American International	East
Anderson (South Carolina)	Southeast
Augustana (South Dakota)	Central
Chico State	West
Cedarville	Midwest
Charleston (West Virginia)	Atlantic
Colorado Christian	South Central
Colorado School of Mines	South Central
Colorado-Colorado Springs	South Central
CSU Pueblo	South Central
Dallas Baptist University	South Central
Edinboro	Atlantic
Grand Valley State	Midwest

Hillsdale	Midwest
Lee	South
Lewis	Midwest
University of Mary	Central
Minnesota Duluth	Central
Mississippi College	South
Queens (North Carolina)	Southeast
Roberts Wesleyan	East
Saginaw Valley State	Midwest
Seton Hill University	Atlantic
Simon Fraser	West
Southern Indiana	Midwest
Saint Leo	South
Stanislaus State	West
Stonehill	East
Wingate University	Southeast
Walsh	Midwest
Western Colorado University	South Central
West Texas A&M	South Central

Men's Individual Qualifiers Atlantic Region

Central Region

Matthew Maki	Emporia State
Josh Jarpey	Winona State
Jacob Nkamasiai	Northwest Missouri State
Robbie Schmidt	Fort Hays State

East Region

Claudio Rocha	Assumption
Shane Pease	Roberts Wesleyan

Midwest Region

CarLee Stimpfel	Saginaw Valley State
Zane Adrich	Northwood
Blake Jones	Illinois Springfield
Noah Fisher	Findlay
David Mitter	Lake Superior State
Louis Moreau	Lindenwood
Wyatt McIntyre	Illinois Springfield

South Region

Shane Bracken

Saint Leo

Mason Jones	Florida Southern
Arthur Cosson	Saint Leo
Joseph Leventry	Montevallo

South Central Region

Andrew Amor	New Mexico Highlands
Erik Flories	Texas Permian Basin

Southeast Region

Joshua Chepkesir	UNC Pembroke
Kai Brickey	Augusta University

West Region

Shea Vavro	Cal State San Marcos
Joshua Velasco	Azusa Pacific
Cole Nash	Alaska Anchorage
Jose Garcia	Stanislaus State

Women's Individual Qualifiers Atlantic Region