INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2014 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.
The top three teams of seven student-athletes from each region automatically qualified. Additional berths were awarded to regions based on the first eight team finishers at the 2013 championships. The top three individual finishers from each region who are not part of a qualifying team automatically qualified for the championships. 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 championships. The list of advancing teams and individuals are outlined below.
The championships will be held December 6 in Louisville, Kentucky, at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park as part of the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championships Festival. The Louisville Sports Commission and Bellarmine University will serve as co-hosts of the championships.
Men’s Qualifying Teams (School, Region)
Adams State, South Central
Alaska Anchorage, West
American International, East
Ashland, Midwest
Augustana (South Dakota), Central
California Baptist, West
Cal Poly Pomona, West
Chico State, West
Colorado-Colorado Springs, South Central
Colorado Mesa, South Central
Colorado School of Mines, South Central
Edinboro, Atlantic
Florida Southern, South
Grand Valley State, Midwest
Lock Haven, Atlantic
Malone, Midwest
Mars Hill, Southeast
Minnesota State Moorhead, Central
Missouri Southern State, Central
Mount Olive, Southeast
Queens (North Carolina), Southeast
Roberts Wesleyan, East
Saint Leo, South
Shippensburg, Atlantic
Simon Fraser, West
Sioux Falls, Central
Southern Indiana, Midwest
Stonehill, East
West Alabama, South
West Texas A&M, South Central
Western State, South Central
Western Washington, West
Men’s Individual Qualifiers
Atlantic Region
Aaron Dinzeo, California (Pennsylvania)
Raymond Ofman, Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Abel Robinault, California (Pennsylvania)
Central Region
Austin Bogina, Pittsburg State
Wick Cunningham, Northwest Missouri State
Juan Pacheco, East Central
East Region
Anthony Fierimonte, Assumption
Nicholas Filipazzo, Adelphi
Michael Scott, LIU Post
Midwest Region
Joshua Mirth, Hillsdale
Sean Pengelly, Michigan Tech
Evan Lewandowski, Wisconsin-Parkside
South Region
Dessie Demlew, Benedict
Justin Mcmaster, Florida Tech
Jesse Prince, Valdosta State
South Central Region
Alec Baldwin, Black Hills State
Thomas Toth, Cameron
Christian Gering, Fort Lewis
Southeast Region
Job Kemboi, Clayton State
Corey Mundy, Flagler
Ahmad Nesbitt, North Greenville
West Region
Valentin Pepiot, Academy of Art
Robert Peterson, Montana State Billings
Tanner Collins, UC San Diego
