Nov. 16, 2008
NDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Men’s and
Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and
individual qualifiers for the 2008 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.
Hanover College will host the championships,
November 22, at the L.S. Ayres Complex in Hanover, Indiana. The
men’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time followed by the women’s
race at noon Eastern time.
The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:
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Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
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Men’s At-large Teams
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Allegheny
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Augustana (Illinois)
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Amherst
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Brandeis
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Calvin
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Case Western Reserve
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Carnegie Mellon
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Dickinson
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Centre
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Geneseo State
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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Grinnell
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Cortland State
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Haverford
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Emory
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Heidelberg
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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Mount Union
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New York University
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Plattsburgh State
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North Central (Illinois)
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St. Lawrence
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Ohio Northern
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St. Olaf
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St. John’s (Minnesota)
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Trinity (Connecticut)
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Whitworth
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Willamette
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Williams
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Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team
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Women’s At-large Teams
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Calvin
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Amherst
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Case Western
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Bethel (Minnesota)
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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Carleton
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Cortland State
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Colby
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Dickinson
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DePauw
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Emory
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Ithaca
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Geneseo State
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Kenyon
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Johns Hopkins
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Messiah
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Luther
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MIT
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Middlebury
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The College of New Jersey
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Pomona-Pitzer
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St. Lawrence
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Trinity (Texas)
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St. Thomas (Minnesota)
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Wartburg
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Washington U. in St. Louis
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Williams
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Wheaton (Illinois)
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Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Willamette
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Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
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Atlantic Region
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Peter
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Kosgei
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Hamilton
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Chris
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Guerriero
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TCNJ
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Tom
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Bocchino
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TCNJ
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Nick
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Stenuf
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Nazareth
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Travis
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Stewart
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Rutgers-Camden
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Tom
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Williams
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Fredonia State
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Curt
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Bell
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Ithaca
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Central Region
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David
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McKay
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Luther
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Daniel
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Greeno
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Bethel (Minnesota)
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Brandon
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Gleason
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Hamline
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Brian
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Chenoweth
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Wartburg
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Carl
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Gladitsch
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Bethel (Minnesota)
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Brent
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Haglund
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Augsburg
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Brad
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O'Neil
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Coe
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Great Lakes Region
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Andy
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Williams
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Manchester
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Grant
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Russo
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Denison
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Seth
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Weener
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Hope
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Brandon
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Welti
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Franklin
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Seth
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Einterz
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Wabash
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Tim
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Murray
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Trine
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Makorobo
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Salukombo
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Denison
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Mideast Region
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Eddie
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Penatar
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Cabrini
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Francis
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Eanes
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Messiah
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Tim
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Van Syckle
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Muhlenberg
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Paul
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Thistle
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Susquehanna
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Chris
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Wasnetsky
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Scranton
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Garrett
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Cichowitz
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Grove City
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David
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Chorney
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Muhlenberg
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Midwest Region
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Brandon
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Mull
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Wheaton (Illinois)
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Brian
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Wurtz
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Wheaton (Illinois)
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Pat
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Austin
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Elmhurst
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Dominic
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Maio
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Milwaukee Engr.
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Christopher
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Wirtz
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Wis.-Eau Claire
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Mathias
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Werve
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Wis.-Whitewater
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Zach
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Shiels
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Wisconsin Lutheran
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New England Region
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Jesse
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Faller
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Tufts
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Brian
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Murtagh
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Connecticut College
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Thompson
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Ogilvie
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Bowdoin
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Michael
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Griffin
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Springfield
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Tyler
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Jasud
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Southern Maine
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Alex
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Gomes
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Southern Maine
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Avery
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Bouchard
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Bridgewater State
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South/Southeast Region
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David
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Woodson
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Chris. Newport
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Ricky
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Flynn
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Lynchburg
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Bryant
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Wright
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Trinity (Texas)
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Ben
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Donnan
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Texas-Tyler
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Ken
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Wheeler
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McMurry
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Warren
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Brown
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Texas-Tyler
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Mark
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Handelman
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Rhodes
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West Region
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Francis
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Reynolds
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Puget Sound
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Eric
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Kleinsasser
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Occidental
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Torrey
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Olson
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Pomona-Pitzer
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Shawn
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Fisher
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Linfield
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Keith
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Blumenfeld
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Occidental
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Jackson
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Brainerd
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Colorado College
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Clay
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Hoadley
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Occidental
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Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
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Atlantic Region
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Jennifer
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Schaffhouser
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Plattsburgh State
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Kelsey
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Conn
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College of Brockport
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Johanna
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Spangler
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Vassar
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Joan
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Kanarkiewicz
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New York University
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Sarah
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Gollub
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Rochester
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Lauren
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Norton
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Rochester
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Erin
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Kyle
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Rensselaer
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Central Region
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Jackie
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Spelts
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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Mary Bridget
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Corken
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Loras
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Rachelle
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Hawkins
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Cornell College
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Ashley
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Schnell
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Coe
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Katelyn
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Meger
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St. Scholastica
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Margot
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Branigan
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Hamline
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Jennifer
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Carlson
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St. Olaf
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Great Lakes Region
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Joanna
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Johnson
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Oberlin
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Allison
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Iott
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Kalamazoo
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Katie
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Navarre
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Denison
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Jillian
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McLaughlin
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Kalamazoo
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Ashley
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Scullion
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Baldwin-Wallace
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D’Arcy
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Hlavin
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Baldwin-Wallace
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Nicky
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Ouellet
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Oberlin
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Mideast Region
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Christa
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Johnson
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Ursinus
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Kristen
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Carter
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Grove City
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Julia
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Seward
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Grove City
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Jackie
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Kirby
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Keystone
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Tiffany
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Kulp
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Elizabethtown
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Alycia
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Woodruff
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Susquehanna
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Emily
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Lipman
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Haverford
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Midwest Region
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Becca
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Jordahl
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Wis.-River Falls
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Jenny
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Scherer
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St. Norbert
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Mary
Kate
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Beyer
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Monmouth (Illinois)
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Jessica
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Scott
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Wis.-Platteville
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Rachel
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Venezia
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Chicago
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Kelly
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Haen
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Wis.-Stevens Point
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Elizabeth
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Lawton
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Chicago
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New England Region
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Stephanie
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McNamara
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Tufts
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Ravenna
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Neville
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Wesleyan
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Anne
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Monjar
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Bowdoin
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Kerry
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Arouca
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Westfield State
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Nora
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Youngs
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Smith
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Liz
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Wheatley
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Wesleyan
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Amy
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Wilfert
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Tufts
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South/Southeast Region
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Taylor
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Stephens
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Rhodes
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Lolly
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Plummer
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Hendrix
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Hayley
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Sullivan
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Mary Washington
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Cybil
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Covic
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Rhodes
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Jessica
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Shaw
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Washington and Lee
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Elizabeth
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Webb
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Washington and Lee
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Amy
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Wampler
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Christopher Newport
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West Region
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Mikayla
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Murphy
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UC Santa Cruz
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Michele
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Callaway
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Whittier
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Kelsey
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Owens
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Pacific (Oregon)
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Hannah
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Palmer
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Lewis & Clark
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Kristen
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Balinger
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Whitman
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Marci
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Klimek
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Linfield
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Carina
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Hendricks
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UC Santa Cruz
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In 2007, New
York University men’s team captured the championship hosted by St. Olaf
College. They finished with 128 points to defeat runner-up Haverford
College, which finished with 150 points.
On the women’s
side, Amherst College defeated Plattsburg State University of New York
to win their first championship. Amherst totaled 120 points to
Plattsburg St.’s 159.
Individual
honors went to Sarah Zerzan of Willamette University who won the
individual title, finishing 23 seconds ahead of State University
College at Geneseo’s Liz Montgomery. In the men’s championship,
individual honors went to Tyler Sigl of the University of Wisconsin,
Platteville. Sigl finished 13 seconds ahead of Peter Kosgei of Hamilton
College.
For more information regarding the championships, log on to www.ncaa.com.
