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2007 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS

INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2007 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.

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.

Fifty-six individuals, the first seven athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team, were selected to participate in each championship.

St. Olaf College will host the 2007 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross

Country Championships, November 17, at the St. Olaf Cross Country Trails in Northfield,

Minnesota. The women’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Central time followed by the men’s race at noon Central time. NCAA NEWS RELEASE November 11, 2007 Page No. 2 ______

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams Men’s At-large Teams Allegheny Anderson Amherst Augustana Calvin Bowdoin Cortland St. Carleton Emory Carnegie Mellon Haverford Colorado College Luther Dickinson Nebraska Wesleyan Geneseo State New York University Heidelberg Occidental North Central Ohio Northern St. Johns Rhodes The College of New Jersey Willamette Trinity (Connecticut) Williams Tufts Wisconsin-La Crosse Wartburg Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wisconsin-Platteville

Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team Women’s At-large Teams Amherst Allegheny Calvin Bowdoin Case Western Reserve Colby Dickinson Colorado College Emory DePauw Geneseo State Elizabethtown Haverford Ithaca Luther Johns Hopkins Nebraska Wesleyan Kenyon Plattsburgh State Middlebury Puget Sound St. Olaf Trinity (Texas) St.Thomas (Minnesota) Washington U. in St. Louis The College of New Jersey Willamette Wartburg Williams Wisconsin-La Crosse Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin-Platteville NCAA NEWS RELEASE November 11, 2007 Page No. 3 ______

Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers New England Region Sean Watson Wesleyan Atlantic Region John Swain Colby Peter Kosgei Hamilton Curtis Wheeler Southern Maine Erik Donohoe St. Lawrence Michael Griffin Springfield Brendan Epstein Nazareth James Butcher Middlebury Nick Stenuf Nazareth Jared Samuel Keene St. Eli Howard St. Lawrence Matt Dunlap Bates Travis Stewart Rutgers-Camden Andy Varble RIT South/Southeast Region R.J. Cowan Texas-Tyler Central Region Ben Donnan Texas-Tyler Ben Grant Loras Michael Welsh Washington and Lee Daniel Greeno Bethel (Minnesota) David Woodson Christopher Newport Carl Gladitsch Bethel (Minnesota) Ricky Flynn Lynchburg Chris deLaubenfels Gustavus Adolphus Husein Nasiro-Sigo Methodist Eric Osterhaus Simpson Frank DeVar Mary Washington Brad O’Neil Coe David Swanson St. Olaf West Region Great Lakes Region Francis Reynolds Puget Sound Joel Bendtsen Denison Shawn Pollard Linfield Dominic Smith Case Western Reserve Nicholas Gallagher Whitworth Dusty Kime DePauw Harrison Wilson Linfield Kyle Basista Mt. Union Brian Kopczynski Claremont-M-S Jim Boston Kenyon Dusty Caseria Whitworth Curt Daniels Tri-State Chris Smith Redlands Dustin Ford Mt. Union

Mideast Region Eddie Penatar Cabrini Francis Eanes Messiah Patrick Brandon Johns Hopkins David Chorney Muhlenberg Paul Thistle Susquehanna Tim Van Syckle Muhlenberg Eric Graves Salisbury

Midwest Region Brandon Mull Wheaton (Illinois) Brian Butzler Wisconsin-Whitewater Jeff Pentek St. Norbert Ryan McCarl Chicago Micah Lorenzen Concordia (Wisconsin) Mike White Carthage Matt Field Wheaton (Illinois)

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Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers New England Region Jennifer Adams Keene State Atlantic Region Catherine Beck Tufts Wendy Pavlus St. Lawrence Katy O’Brien Tufts Elizabeth Ludovici St. Lawrence Stephanie McNamara Tufts Kellie Hasselwander Rochester Nicole Mauro Bridgewater State Jessica Brown Nazareth Lucia Pier Wesleyan Meredith Fitzpatrick Hamilton Elizabeth Finn MIT Lisa Holt Cortland State Julia Ruggiero Brockport State South/Southeast Region Cristy Falcone Mary Washington Central Region Ann Tripp Mary Washington Sarah Spencer Grinnell Kat Telfeyan Washington and Lee Marie Borner Bethel Rebecca Taylor Washington and Lee Nikki Umhoefer Bethel Amy Wampler Christopher Newport Angie Berry Central (Iowa) Jennie Pernisi Lynchburg Allison Louthan Grinnell Alys Cheatle Catholic Ashley Schnell Coe Erin Lowrey Macalester West Region Amanda Phillips Lewis and Clark Great Lakes Region Alicia Freese Pomona-Pitzer Gwen Kemple Anderson (Indiana) Kelsey Owens Pacific Megan Gray St. Mary’s (Indiana) Tamma Carleton Lewis and Clark Joanna Johnson Oberlin Marci Klimek Linfield Rachel Krasich Rose-Hulman Evelyn Ross Claremont-M-S Niki Reese Otterbein Maddie Weissman Occidental Brooke Boening Denison Emily Cochard Hanover

Mideast Region Kristen Carter Grove City Jennifer Kooser Messiah Alycia Woodruff Susquehanna Julia Seward Grove City J. Fraley Coles Goucher Sara Gearin Muhlenberg Jackie Kirby Keystone

Midwest Region Becca Jordahl Wisconsin-River Falls Ayla Mitchell Wisconsin-Oshkosh Erin Kelley Carroll Jenny Scherer St. Norbert Liz Driscoll Augustana Hannah Dieringer Wisconsin-Stevens Pt. Lisa Baumert Wheaton (Illinois)

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In 2006, Calvin College’s men’s team placed five runners in the top 13 to capture the NCAA

Division III Cross Country Championships hosted by Wilmington College. They finished with 37 points to defeat runner-up New York University, which finished with 92 points.

On the women’s side, Middlebury College defeated Amherst by the slimmest of margins to win the championship. Middlebury , who also won NCAA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2003, totaled 144 points to Amherst's 145. Third-place Calvin was close behind with 149 points.

Individual honors went to Sarah Zerzan of Willamette who won the individual title, finishing 20 seconds ahead of Dickinson's Caitlin Bradley. Also, in the men’s championship, individual honors went to Macharia Yuot of Widener. Yout was the 2003 and 2005 individual runner-up, and he captured his first NCAA cross country championship in his final race finishing ahead of Tim Finnegan of Calvin.

For more information regarding the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross

Country Championships, log on to www.ncaasports.com.

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