Qualifiers for the 2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship Announced
Nov 08, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 36 team, 78 individuals in the championship field have been announced for the 67th Annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship that will be held on November 18 in Tallahassee, Fla.
- This is the first year that the championship will be hosted in Tallahassee, Fla. The course will be located at the Apalachee Regional Park.
- The field is made up of 22 automatic qualifiers and 14 at-large berths. A team can automatically qualify by winning the conference championship meet or by being the meet runner-up (for a conference with more than one automatic qualifier). For more about automatic qualifiers CLICK HERE
- The 14 at-large berths were determined by an oversight committee.
- In addition to the team qualifiers and at-large bids, 78 athletes will compete as individual qualifiers.
- The race will be broadcast for the third time this year on the NAIA Network. To access the live video stream and purchase a pass CLICK HERE
Link for Individual Qualifiers
2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Qualifiers
| School | Qualification Method |
| Aquinas (Mich.) | At-Large |
| Carroll (Mont.) | Frontier Conference Tournament Winner |
| College of Idaho | At-Large |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Dakota State (S.D.) | North Star Athletic Association Tournament Winner |
| Dordt (Iowa) | Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Eastern Oregon | At-Large |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | California Pacific Conference Tournament Winner |
| Florida College | Continental Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Goshen (Ind.) | At-Large |
| Grace (Ind.) | At-Large |
| Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Huntington (Ind.) | At-Large |
| Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads League Tournament Winner |
| IU East (Ind.) | River States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | At-Large |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | At-Large |
| Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Missouri Baptist | American Midwest Conference Tournament Winner |
| Montreat College (N.C.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up |
| Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | At-Large |
| Oregon Tech | At-Large |
| Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Philander Smith (Ark.) | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Shawnee State (Ohio) | Mid-South Conference Tournament Winner |
| Southeastern (Fla.) | The Sun Conference Tournament Winner |
| Southern Oregon | Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Winner |
| Spring Arbor (Mich.) | At-Large |
| St. Francis (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| St. Mary (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Taylor (Ind.) | At-Large |
| The Master's (Calif.) | Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Vanguard (Calif.) | At-Large |
| Westmont (Calif.) | At-Large |
| William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
