2020-21 NAIA Men's Cross Country Qualifiers Announced
Mar 30, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 36 team, 96 individual championship field has been announced for the 65th Annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship that will be held on April 9. The event will take place in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- This is the second year that the championship will be hosted in Cedar Rapids. Mount Mercy University (Iowa) serves as the host for the national championship.
- The field is made up of 25 automatic qualifiers, one host berth and 10 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).
- Mount Mercy (Iowa) received the host berth.
- The 10 at-large berths were determined by a selection committee.
- In addition to the team qualifiers and at-large bids, 96 athletes will compete as individual qualifiers.
- The 2019 men's cross country national champions, Oklahoma City, returns to the championship this year.
- The race will be broadcast for the first time this year on the NAIA Network. To access the live video stream and purchase a pass CLICK HERE
Link for Individual Qualifiers
2020 Men's Cross Country Team Qualifiers
| Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Montreat (N.C.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Loyola (La.) | Association of Independent Institutions Automatic Qualifier |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | California Pacific Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | Cascade Collegiate Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| St. Francis (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Huntington (Ind.) | Crossroads League Automatic Qualifier |
| Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Frontier Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| The Masters (Calif.) | Golden State Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Dordt (Iowa) | Great Plains Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Philander Smith (Ark.) | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference |
| Baker (Kan.) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| St. Mary (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Friends (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| WVU Tech (W.Va.) | River States Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Point Park (Pa.) | River States Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Shawnee State (Ohio) | Mid-South Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Dakota State (S.D) | North Star Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| William Carey (Mich.) | Southern States Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Southeastern (Fla.) | The Sun Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Automatic Qualifier |
| Mount Mercy (Iowa) | Host |
| Aquinas (Mich.) | At-large |
| Taylor (Ind.) | At-large |
| Indiana Wesleyan | At-large |
| Oregon Tech | At-large |
| College of Idaho | At-large |
| Northwestern (Iowa) | At-large |
| Northwest (Wash.) | At-large |
| Carroll (Mont.) | At-large |
| Spring Arbor (Mich.) | At-large |
| Doane (Neb.) | At-large |
| Goshen (Ind.) | At-large |
