2018 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championships Field Revealed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 36 team, 93 individual field has been announced for the 63rd Annual NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championships that will be held on November 16. The event will take place at Seminole Valley Cross Country Course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The women’s 5–kilometer race will begin at 10:30 a.m. CST.
- This is the first time in NAIA Cross Country Championships history that the race will be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mount Mercy (Iowa) will host again in 2020.
- The field is made up of 24 automatic qualifiers (AQ), one host berth and 11 at-large berths. A team received an automatic berth by winning the conference championship meet or was the meet runner-up and ranked in the top 30 final poll.
- Three conferences received two automatic berths: Appalachian Athletic Conference, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, and Great Plains Athletic Conference. In addition to the meet champion, the meet runner-up that is ranked in the top 30 final poll also received an automatic berth.
- Mount Mercy (Iowa) earned the host berth.
- The 11 at-large berths are determined by the final regular-season Coaches’ Top 25 Poll that can be seen by clicking here. These teams received an at-large berth – Aquinas (Mich.), Southern Oregon, Wayland Baptist (Texas), College of Idaho, Cornernstone (Mich.), Northwest Christian (Ore.), Indiana Wesleyan, St. Thomas (Fla.), Indiana Tech, Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Southeastern (Fla.).
- In addition to the team qualifiers and at-large bids, 93 athletes will compete as individual qualifiers.
- British Columbia was the 2017 cross country women’s champion.
- Fans can watch the post-race awards ceremony free beginning at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST. The national championship event takes place on Nov. 16 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Seminole Valley Cross Country Course. To access the live video stream of the ceremony and find more information, click here.
- For all other information regarding the Women’s Cross Country National Championships, click here.
2018 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championships – Teams
Columbia (Mo.) American Midwest Conference Champion
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) Appalachian Athletic Conference Champion
Milligan (Tenn.) Appalachian Athletic Conference Runner-Up
Ozarks (Mo.) Association of Independent Institutions Champion
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) California Pacific Athletic Conference Champion
Oregon Tech Cascade Collegiate Conference Champion
St. Francis (Ill.) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion
St. Ambrose (Iowa) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Runner-Up
Taylor (Ind.) Crossroads Conference Champion
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Frontier Conference Champion
Vanguard (Calif.) Golden State Athletic Conference Champion
Dordt (Iowa) Great Plains Athletic Conference Champion
Hastings (Neb.) Great Plains Athletic Conference Runner-Up
Xavier (La.) Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Champion
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Heart of America Athletic Conference Champion
St. Mary (Kan.) Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion
Point Park (Pa.) River States Conference Champion
Shawnee State (Ohio) Mid-South Conference Champion
Dickinson State (N.D.) North Star Athletic Association Champion
Southwest (N.M.) Red River Conference Champion
Oklahoma City Sooner Athletic Conference Champion
William Carey (Miss.) Southern States Athletic Conference Champion
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) The Sun Conference Champion
Madonna (Mich.) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Champion
Aquinas (Mich.) At-large 1 | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Southern Oregon At-large 2 | Cascade Collegiate Conference
Wayland Baptist (Texas) At-large 3 | Sooner Athletic Conference
College of Idaho At-large 4 | Cascade Collegiate Conference
Cornerstone (Mich.) At-large 5 | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Northwest Christian (Ore.) At-large 6 | Cascade Collegiate Conference
Indiana Wesleyan At-large 7 | Crossroads Conference
St. Thomas (Fla.) At-large 8 | The Sun Conference
Indiana Tech At-large 9 | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) At-large 10 | Frontier Conference
Southeastern (Fla.) At-large 11 | The Sun Conference
2018 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championships - Individuals
| American Midwest | Naomy Lagat | Park (Mo.) |
| Emily Bayer | Missouri Baptist | |
| Shelby Kallem | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | |
| Whitneigh Drown | William Woods (Mo.) | |
| Alicia Engelbrecht | William Woods (Mo.) | |
| Harley Nale | William Woods (Mo.) | |
| A.I.I. | Angela Klukken | Indiana-Northwest |
| Anika Francis | Haskell (Kan.) | |
| Ariel Galoff | Silver Lake (Wis.) | |
| Tavia Hart | Haskell (Kan.) | |
| Appalachian | Lydia Wilson | Montreat (N.C.) |
| Sophie Davis | Reinhardt (Ga.) | |
| Alyssa Waibel | Columbia (S.C.) | |
| Ivie Nobles | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | |
| Rachel Gallison | Tennessee Wesleyan | |
| Roda Cisneros | Tennessee Wesleyan | |
| California Pacific | Julia Gionet-Gonzalez | California-Merced (Calif.) |
| Karina Martinez | California-Merced (Calif.) | |
| Valentina Cvrk | California-Merced (Calif.) | |
| Miranda Almeida | Soka Calif.) | |
| Cascade | Sydney Nichol | Corban (Ore.) |
| Hannah Clarizio | Corban (Ore.) | |
| Michelle Herbes | Eastern Oregon | |
| Chicagoland | Karalynn Brock | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
| Megan Deweerd | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | |
| Grace Maletich | St. Xavier (Ill.) | |
| Angela Budach | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | |
| Gina Narcisi | Roosevelt (Ill.) | |
| Hope Fathman | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | |
| Crossroads | Aspen Dirr | Huntington (Ind.) |
| MaKenzie McKirgan | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | |
| Emma Jankowski | Bethel (Ind.) | |
| Rebecca George | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | |
| Frontier | Mindy Kaufman | Montana Western |
| Samantha Mundel | Carroll (Mont.) | |
| Gabi Gomez-Wint | Montana Western | |
| Eireann O'Connor | Montana Western | |
| Golden State | Mikala Fairchild | The Masters (Calif.) |
| Adrianna Ghiorso | The Masters (Calif.) | |
| Bailey Cossentine | William Jessup (Calif.) | |
| Danielle Murrietta | Menlo (Calif.) | |
| Gulf Coast | Hydeia Barney | Dillard (La.) |
| Kimona Smikle | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | |
| Xuxa Peart | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | |
| Brianna Alexander | Philander Smith (Ark.) | |
| Great Plains | Allison Higgins | Morningside (Iowa) |
| Taylor Grove | Concordia (Neb.) | |
| Breanna Harthoorn | Northwestern (Iowa) | |
| Cassie Warner | Morningside (Iowa) | |
| Emma Van Meeteren | Northwestern (Iowa) | |
| Autumn Muilenburg | Northwestern (Iowa) | |
| Heart of America | Melanie Cozzi | Benedictine (Kan.) |
| Kirari Furumoto | Missouri Valley | |
| Sarah White | Benedictine (Kan.) | |
| Sophy Tsabadze | Baker (Kan.) | |
| Lisa Sauter | Central Methodist (Mo.) | |
| Janeane Hernandez | Baker (Kan.) | |
| Kansas Collegiate | Kari Blattner | Southwestern (Kan.) |
| Sydney Staples | Southwestern (Kan.) | |
| Christa Titus | Friends (Kan.) | |
| Julie Loewen | Tabor (Kan.) | |
| Emily Kemling | Tabor (Kan.) | |
| Penny Fenn | Avila (Mo.) | |
| River States | Ariel Young | Ohio Christian |
| Lucy Williams | Rio Grande (Ohio) | |
| Brittany Sloan | Indiana Kokomo | |
| Ashley Toschlog | Indiana East | |
| Alyssa Turrentine | Ohio Christian | |
| Lexi Jackson | Indiana Kokomo | |
| Mid-South | Amber Mays | Cumberland (Tenn.) |
| Mia Rodriguez | Campbellsville (Ky.) | |
| Taylor Blankenship | Cumberland (Tenn.) | |
| Abigayle Gawthrop | Cumberland (Tenn.) | |
| North Star | Marissa Kuik | Waldorf (Iowa) |
| Grace Miller | Valley City State (N.D.) | |
| Allyssa Weitkum | Valley City State (N.D.) | |
| Marissa Widener | Waldorf (Iowa) | |
| Red River | Annie Trejo | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
| Venice Macawili | St. Thomas - Houston (Texas) | |
| Andrea Gandara | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | |
| Alexandria Gonzales | St. Thomas - Houston (Texas) | |
| Sooner | Melissa Gonzalez | Texas Wesleyan |
| Allika Pearson | John Brown (Ark.) | |
| Roshae Burrell | Science & Arts (Okla.) | |
| Sharon Kemboi | Science & Arts (Okla.) | |
| Southern States | Margaret Hamilton | Blue Mountain (Miss.) |
| Aubrey Johnson | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | |
| Sasha Solano-McDaniel | Loyola (La.) | |
| Maike Naegele | Middle Georgia | |
| The Sun | Mary Goetz | Ave Maria (Fla.) |
| Michaela Elmer | Ave Maria (Fla.) | |
| Wolverine-Hoosier | Madison Paquette | Cleary (Mich.) |
| Casie Nadasky | Siena Heights (Mich.) | |
To stream the Women's Cross Country Awards Ceremony, check out our championship pass here!
