The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2005 Division I 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-one teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top two, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the nine regions, for a total of 18 teams. Thirteen additional teams were selected at-large.

Thirty-eight individuals, the first four athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team and two additional qualifiers, were selected to participate in each championship. All individual qualifiers must finish in the top 25 in their region.

Indiana State University will host the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, November 21, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. The men's race will begin at noon Eastern time followed by the women's race at 1:15 p.m.

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Men's Automatic Qualifying Teams:

Alabama
American
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Dartmouth
Florida State
Georgetown
Iona
Iowa
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Texas
UTEP
Virginia
William and Mary
Wisconsin

Men's At-large Teams:

Arizona State
Brigham Young
Butler
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Indiana
Kansas
Loyola (Illinois)
Minnesota
Ohio State
Portland
Tennessee
Washington

Women's Automatic Qualifying Teams:

Arizona State
Arkansas
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
Colorado
Columbia-Barnard
Duke
Georgia
Michigan
Minnesota
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Princeton
Stanford
Tennessee
Villanova

Women's At-large Teams:

Butler
William and Mary
Georgetown
Illinois
Marquette
Michigan State
Northern Arizona
North Carolina
Providence
Rice
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wake Forest

Men's Individual Automatic Qualifiers:

Great Lakes Region
Mike Woods Michigan
Dan Huling Ohio
Matt Loiselle Central Mich.
Chris Swisher Miami (Ohio)

Middle Atlantic Region
Sean Quigley La Salle
Courtney Jawroski Penn
Frank Macreery Princeton
David Nightingale Princeton
Dan Mazzocco Penn St.

Midwest Region
Kiel Uhl Iowa St.
Matt Noonan Missouri
Dan Stock Illinois
Joe Byrne Southern Ill.

Mountain Region
Kevin Chelimo Texas Tech
Paul Hoffman Idaho St.
Josh Glabb Colorado St.
Trever Ball Utah St.

Northeast Region
Martin Fagan Providence
Max Smith Providence
Ahmed Haji Providence
Mike Hanlon Colgate

South Central Region
Westley Keating Tex.-Pan American
Kip Kangogo TCU
Sesar Figueroa Houston
Hector Gandara Tex.-Pan American

Southeast Region
Josh McDougal Liberty
Jacob Korir Eastern Ky.
Allen Carr James Madison
Matt Clark Clemson
John Crews North Carolina St.

South Region
Tony Okello South Ala.
Vincent Rono South Ala.
Ian Burrell Georgia
Ian Mayne Chattanooga

West Region
Austin Ramos UCLA
Pat Wehane Oregon
Giliat Ghebray California
Matt Johnsrud Cal Poly

Women's Individual Automatic Qualifiers:

Great Lakes Region
Jessica Gall Indiana
Lindsay Hattendorf Indiana
Lindsay Zinn Purdue
Dagmara Handzlik Toledo

Middle Atlantic Region
Keira Carlstrom American
Rachel Papin La Salle
Jennifer Schappert Lehigh
Susan Davis West Virginia

Midwest Region
Desiraye Osburn Wichita St.
Ashley Anklam Drake
Kayte Tranel Nebraska
Meghan Armstrong Iowa

Mountain Region
Irene Kimaiyo Texas Tech
Tiffany Strickland Utah St.
Katie Bowen Weber St.
Violet Chemakwila Texas Tech

Northeast Region
Kaitlyn Gwyther Quinnipiac
Lindsey Scherf Harvard
Melanie Schorr Dartmouth
Lindsay Donaldson Yale

South Region
Shannon Wommack Chattanooga
Angela Homan Auburn
Lauren Blackenship Samford
Melanie Schultz Miami (Fla.)
Laura Bowerman Florida St.
Elizabeth Ambrus UAB

South Central
Ashley Monteau Stephen F. Austin
Rachael Forish Southern Methodist
Sarah Balfour Texas A & M
Renee Graham Lamar

Southeast Region
Cassie Ficken Charlotte
Shannon Saunders James Madison
Allison Grace Kentucky
Anne Marie Moutsinga Coastal Caro.

West Region
Ashely Caldwell UCLA
Haley Paul Washington St.
Anita Campbell Washington
Ashlee Vincent Portland