2006 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 2006 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.
Wilmington College (OH), will host the 2006 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 18, at Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio. 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:
Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams Men’s At-large Teams
Allegheny Carnegie Mellon
Bowdoin Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Calvin Geneseo State
Centre Mount Union
Cortland State Muhlenberg
Hamline Nebraska Wesleyan
Haverford Ohio Northern
Heidelberg Rochester Institute of Technology
Luther St. John’s (Minnesota)
New York University The College of New Jersey
North Central Trinity (Connecticut)
Occidental Wartburg
Rhodes Washington U. in St. Louis
Willamette Wesleyan
Williams Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Wisconsin-La Crosse Wisconsin-Platteville
Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team Women’s At-large Teams
Amherst Allegheny
Calvin Carleton
Case Western Reserve Chicago
Colorado College DePauw
Dickinson Elizabethtown
Emory Ithaca
Geneseo State Keene State
Grinnell Nebraska Wesleyan
Haverford Ohio Northern
Luther Plattsburgh State
Middlebury Puget Sound
North Central St.Thomas (Minnesota)
The College of New Jersey Tufts
Trinity (Texas) Williams
Washington U. in St. Louis Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Willamette Wisconsin-La Crosse
Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Atlantic Region
Matt DeShane Plattsburgh State
Colin Sanders Vassar
Erik Donohoe St. Lawrence
Mark Stevens Rochester
Ryan Kolb Brockport State
Erik Geisinger Rowan
Morty Caster Ithaca
Central Region
Drake Ballew Grinnell
Ben Grant Loras
Adam Wolf Central (Iowa)
David Montgomery Grinnell
Daniel Greeno Bethel (Minnesota)
John Nowinski Carleton
Ryan Martinez Carleton
Great Lakes Region
Ryan Terlouw Hope
Stephen Cohen Anderson
Chad Bennett DePauw
Sean Hudson Anderson
Seth Weener Hope
Joel Bendtsen Denison
Drew Wyant DePauw
Mideast Region
Macharia Yout Widener
Joe Francisco Widener
Patrick Donovan Elizabethtown
Curt Ruble Frostburg State
Matt Liebal Dickinson
John Nastus DeSales
Frank Eanes Messiah
Midwest Region
Brian Butzler Wisconsin-Whitewater
Mike Ptack Elmhurst
Brandon Mull Wheaton (Illinois)
Brian Hague Chicago
Micah Lorenzen Concordia (Wisconsin)
Drew Hatzold Elmhurst
Emil Bojanov Chicago
New England Region
James Butcher Middlebury
Mike Flint Coast Guard
Justin Chung Tufts
Dan Vassallo Colby
Curtis Wheeler Southern Maine
Jake Ruzevick MIT
Keith Drake Connecticut College
South/Southeast Region
Husein Nasiro-Sigo Methodist
Tommy Fyffe Emory
Brandon Spalding Bridgewater (Virginia)
Justin Kirk Mary Washington
Eric Johnson Roanoke
Jameson Otto Southwestern (Texas)
Vikram Srivastava Emory
West Region
Julian Boggs Colorado College
Will Leer Pomona-Pitzer
Alex Nichols Colorado College
Kiran Moorty Colorado College
Harrison Wilson Linfield
Kellen Peters Pacific
Chris Smith Redlands
Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers
Atlantic Region
Teri Wilson Brockport State
Autumn Swan Hartwick
Kaitlin O’Sullivan Oneonta State
Kristen Paulson Brockport State
Trisha Sliker Rochester Institute of Technology
McKenzie Clemens Alfred
Adrienne Gagnier Rochester Institute of Technology
Central Region
Hailey Harren Gustavus Aldolphus
Jill Wagaman Wartburg
Erin Weier St. Olaf
Angie Berry Central (Iowa)
Anna Bourman Martin Luther
Melissa Francis Hamline
Lacee Schrupp Hamline
Great Lakes Region
Katie Wieferich College of Wooster
Melinda Keesee Otterbein
Megan Gray St. Mary’s (Indiana)
Maggie Noonan Anderson
Ashley Scullion Baldwin-Wallace
Catie Coleman Ohio Wesleyan
Jessica Francois Kenyon
Mideast Region
Laura Paulsen Johns Hopkins
Kelly Sullivan Salisbury
Glenna Sullivan Salisbury
Kristen Carter Grove City
Carolyn Roberts Cabrini
Karen Ziga Franklin & Marshall
Nyika Corbett Swarthmore
Midwest Region
Marcia Taddy Wisconsin-Platteville
Erin Kelley Carroll
Jenny Graef Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Marissa Mele Elmhurst
Becca Jordahl Wisconsin-River Falls
Hannah Landecker North Park
Brittany Dick Ripon
New England Region
Ella Davis Wesleyan
Karen Prisby Colby
Megan Brousseau Wheaton (Massachusetts)
Anna King Colby
Kathryn Moore Bates
Maria Monks MIT
Nora Youngs Smith
South/Southeast Region
Jackie Burns Washington and Lee
Eileen Schilling Centre
Ann Tripp Mary Washington
Kat Telfeyan Washington and Lee
Laura Broederdorf Hendrix
Meg Harnett Roanoke
Allison Hazlett Mary Washington
West Region
Tamma Carleton Lewis and Clark
Avery Kelly Redlands
Julie Lauterbach Whitworth
Johanna Murphy Linfield
Shana Shosky Pacific
Amanda Phillips Lewis and Clark
Tamara Torlakson UC Santa Cruz
In 2005, the men’s Wisconsin-LaCrosse team placed two runners among the top 10 team scorers and five in the top 30 team scorers to defeat defending champion Calvin by a score of 94-117.
On the Women’s side, Geneseo (N.Y.) State placed three runners in the top 20 and five in the top 30 team scorers to defeat defending champion Williams for the team title by a score of 87-107.
Individual honors went to Hailey Harren of Gustavus Adolphus, who won the race by a margin of almost eight seconds over runner-up Julia Rudd of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Also, in the men’s championship, individual honors went to Neal Holtschulte of Williams, who won the race by a margin of nearly 13 seconds over runner-up Macharia Yuot of Widener.
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