Five UAA teams, including Association champion Carnegie Mellon University, have earned bids to the 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship.
The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA 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.
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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.
Carnegie Mellon University and Emory University earned automatic bids to the championship with Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, and Washington University receiving at-large selections.
Fifty-six individuals, the first seven student-athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team, were selected to participate in each championship.
Dillan Spector of NYU qualified as an individual.
Spalding University and the Louisville Sports Commission are hosting the championships Nov. 23 at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The men’s race will begin at 10:45 a.m. ET, followed by the women’s race at 11:45 a.m. ET.