Official 2015 NCAA Division I Championships Qualifiers Announced

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
November 14, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS – Official team and individual qualifiers into the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were announced Saturday by the NCAA.
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The full list of teams – separated into automatic qualifiers that finished top-two in their respective regions and at-large qualifiers – and individuals can be found below.
Rankings displayed alongside team names are drawn from the pre-Regionals USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Polls.
NOTES:
- With the Wisconsin men’s 43-year streak of consecutive NCAA Championships team appearances officially snapped, the Colorado men currently hold the nation’s longest active streak at 24. They just edged out the Stanford women, who have been to NCAAs 23 years in a row.
- Next on the men’s list are Stanford (22 consecutive years), BYU (17), Iona (14) and Oklahoma State (13).
- Next on the women’s list are Michigan State (16 consecutive years), Michigan (14), and both Georgetown and Minnesota (11).
- The women of Mississippi State, Utah and Gonzaga are making their first-ever trips to the NCAA Championships in their respective programs’ histories.
- It’s only the second NCAA team appearances for the Boise State women and the Mississippi men, and the third-ever appearances for the Kansas women and the Southern Utah men.
- The team returning to the NCAA Championships after the longest break is Penn, whose men last appeared at the Championships in 1975. The Kansas women last qualified in 1994, and the Boise State men last made the trip in 1996.
- There is significant parity in both fields. 13 women’s teams that weren’t in the field for the 2014 NCAA Championships made the cut in 2015, as did nine new men’s teams that didn’t compete in 2014.
Regional athletes and coaches of the year will be announced Tuesday.
MEN | WOMEN |
Automatic Qualifiers | |
Great Lakes | Great Lakes |
#5 Michigan | #7 Michigan |
Michigan State (RV) | #15 Notre Dame |
Mid-Atlantic | Mid-Atlantic |
#15 Georgetown | #10 Penn State |
#23 Penn | #14 Georgetown |
Midwest | Midwest |
#6 Oklahoma State | #13 Oklahoma State |
#26 Minnesota | #16 Iowa State |
Mountain | Mountain |
#1 Colorado | #2 Colorado |
#11 UTEP | #1 New Mexico |
Northeast | Northeast |
#2 Syracuse | #4 Providence |
#9 Iona | #19 Syracuse |
South | South |
Florida State (RV) | #27 Vanderbilt |
Ole Miss | #17 Mississippi State |
South Central | South Central |
#8 Arkansas | #3 Arkansas |
Texas (RV) | Texas |
Southeast | Southeast |
Louisville | #6 Virginia |
#12 Virginia | #8 NC State |
West | West |
#17 Washington | #4 Oregon |
#4 Stanford | #9 Boise State |
At-Large Qualifiers | |
#24 Boise State #3 BYU California #26 Eastern Kentucky #13 Furman #10 North Carolina State #26 Oklahoma #7 Oregon Southern Utah (RV) #14 Tulsa #20 UCLA #18 Virginia Tech Washington State | #24 BYU #30 Gonzaga Kansas #18 Michigan State #21 Minnesota #23 Princeton San Francisco #11 Stanford Tulsa #20 Utah #26 Villanova #12 Washington #25 Weber State |
Individual Qualifiers | |
Great Lakes Erik Peterson, Butler Nicholas Raymond, Eastern Michigan John Mascari, Indiana State Joseph Stewart, Miami (Ohio) Michael Clevenger, Notre Dame Matt McClintock, Purdue South Antibahs Kosgei, Alabama Jimmy Clark, Florida Eddie Garcia, Florida Arse’ne Guillorel, Samford Mid-Atlantic Hassan Omar, UMBC Patrick Tiernan Villanova Robert Denault Villanova Jordan Williamsz, Villanova South Central Isaac Lalang, Arkansas-Little Rock Brian Barraza, Houston Iliass Aouani, Lamar Charles Mathenge, Stephen F. Austin Midwest Dylan Lafond, Illinois Evan Landes, Kansas Trent Lusignan, South Dakota State Joel Reichow, South Dakota State Southeast Lawrence Kipkoech, Campbell Shaun Thompson, Duke Jacob Thomson, Kentucky Stephen Mulherin, North Carolina Mountain Kyle Eller, Air Force Patrick Corona, Air Force Jefferson Abbey, Colorado State Jerrell Mock, Colorado State West Matthew Crichlow, Gonzaga Alex Short, San Francisco Bryan Guijarro, UC Santa Barbara Anthony Ortolan, UC Santa Barbara Northeast Tait Rutherford, Columbia Ben Rainero, Cornell/Independence HS, San Francisco Brian Eimstad, Cornell Kevin Dooney, Yale | Great Lakes Shaelyn Sorensen, Wisconsin Olivia Pratt, Butler Hope Schmelzle, Purdue Maria McDaniel, Western Michigan South Central Maggie Montoya, Baylor Verity Ockenden, Lamar Cali Roper, Rice Karis Jochen, Texas A&M Mid-Atlantic Morgan Szekely, La Salle Ashley Montgomery, Penn Blanca Fernandez, Temple Millie Paladino, West Virginia Southeast Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina Allie Buchalski, Furman Ednah Kurgat, Liberty Samantha Jones, Wake Forest Regan Rome, William and Mary Midwest Kristen Busch, Bradley Alyssa Schneider, Illinois Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota West Peyton Bilo, Cal Poly Sarah Reiter, Eastern Washington Danielle Shanahan, Loyola Marymount Carolina Johnson, UCLA Mountain Hannah Everson, Air Force Darby Gilfillan, Colorado St. Makena Morley, Montana Melanie Townsend, Northern Arizona Northeast Natalie Schudrowitz, Brown Dana Giordano, Dartmouth Courtney Smith, Harvard Laura Rose Donegan, New Hampshire Christina Melian, Stony Brook South Katelyn Greenleaf, Alabama Brenda Kigen, Auburn Hannah Wittman, Belmont Chelsea Blaase, Tennessee |