OFFICIAL NCAA RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a sixth place finish at regionals this past Saturday, the Cal Poly Pomona women's cross country team has earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 23rd at 10:00 am Pacific Time in Sacramento, Calif., it was announced by the NCAA Monday.  The Broncos will be making their fifth all-time appearance at Nationals in program history, and their third in the past four seasons.

The championship race will be held at Arcade Creek Cross Country Course at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, Calif.

Thirty-four teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top three, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 24 teams. Ten additional teams were selected at-large. A minimum of 24 additional individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined below.

Chico State, Northwest Nazarene and Cal State East Bay grabbed the West Region's automatic bids by virtue of finishing in the Top 3 of the regional meet this past weekend in Monmouth, Ore.  Alaska Anchorage, Seattle Pacific and Western Washington also qualified for the NCAA Championships with an at-large bid; UAA placed fourth and SPU fifth in the regional on Saturday while the Broncos took sixth, followed by WWU in seventh.

The CPP men earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships with its second place finish at the Regional meet in Oregon on Saturday.  It will be just the third time in CPP history that the Broncos will send both the men's and women's cross country teams to Nationals in the same year.

Women's Qualifying Teams
 

School	Region
Adams State	South Central
Alaska Anchorage	West
Augustana (South Dakota)	Central
Cal Poly Pomona	West
Cal State East Bay	West
Chico State	West
Colorado School of Mines	South Central
Colorado-Colorado Springs	South Central
Davis & Elkins	Atlantic
Edinboro	Atlantic
Flagler	Southeast
Grand Valley State	Midwest
Hillsdale	Midwest
Lee	South
Michigan Tech	Midwest
Northwest Nazarene	West
Pittsburgh State	Central
Queens (North Carolina)	Southeast
Roberts Wesleyan	East
Saginaw Valley State	Midwest
Saint Leo	South
Seattle Pacific	West
Seton Hill	Atlantic
Southern Indiana	Midwest
Southern New Hampshire	East
Southwest Baptist	Midwest
Stonehill	East
University of Mary	Central
University of Tampa	South
Walsh	Midwest
Wayne State (Michigan)	Midwest
Western Colorado University	South Central
Western Washington	West
Wingate	Southeast

Women's Individual Qualifiers

Atlantic Region

Cadie Kiser	Lock Haven
Laurel Moyer	Lock Haven

 
Central Region

Risper Mengich	Central Missouri
Anna Mora	East Central

 
East Region

Abagaile Kimbrell	St. Thomas Aquinas
Katie Olding	American International

 
Midwest Region

Lauren Bailey	UIndy
Taryn Christy	Illinois Springfield
Mackenna Curtis-    Collins	Malone
Kathryn Etelamaki	Ferris State
Claire McCune	Drury
Hannah Thompson	Malone

 
South Region

Justine Glass	Montevallo
Taylor Gonzales	Montevallo
Stellah Kiptui	Benedict

 
South Central Region

Alden Gruidel	Metropolitan State University of Denver
Billie Hatch	Dixie State

 
Southeast Region

Nicole McMillen	Tusculum
Rachel Strayer	Carson-Newman
Micah Weathers	Augusta University

 
West Region

Nancy Juarez	Stanislaus State
Hasna Kaarour	Academy of Art
Grace Knapp	Western Oregon
Sam Rocke	UC San Diego
Olivia Willett	Simon Fraser