Field Selected for 2005 NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Championships

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee has announced the team and individual qualifiers for the 2005 NCAA Division III 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.

Twenty-four teams of 7 women each were selected to participate in the championships. The top teams from each of the 8 regions automatically qualified. Additional at-large berths (16) were awarded based on the following formula: The regions with the first 16 finishers in the previous year's championships were awarded the additional berths. No region can receive more than 5 berths.

Forty-seven individuals were selected to participate in the championships. All regions automatically qualify the first 4 individuals not on a team. Additional at-large berths (15) were awarded to those regions with the first 15 finishers in the previous year's championships.

Ohio Wesleyan University will host the 2005 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Methodist Theological School and Dornoch Golf Club in Delaware, Ohio. The women's race will begin at 11 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.

The teams and individual qualifiers from each region are as follows:

Atlantic Region
Teams: Geneseo State, Ithaca and The College of New Jersey.
Individuals: Allison Busby and Toni Wiszowaty, Plattsburgh State; Autumn Swan, Hartwick; Amy Ruston, Lehman.

Central Region
Teams: St. Thomas (Minn.), Wartburg, Carleton, and Macalester.
Individuals: Leah Wurm, St. Benedict; Keidra Anderson, Hamline; Hailey Harren and Kourtney Joyce, Gustavus Adolphus; Natalie Hanson, Concordia-Moorhead; Brittany Hubbard, Nebraska Wesleyan; Amber Uhlenhake, Luther.

Great Lakes Region
Teams: Denison, DePauw and Calvin.
Individuals: Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll; Katie Wieferich, College of Wooster; Leah Peelman, Hanover; Maggie Noonan, Anderson (Ind.); Esther Erb, Case Western Reserve; and Alison Doniger, Oberlin.

Mideast Region
Team: Dickinson.
Individuals: Bonnie Axman, Frostburg State; Karen Mount, Muhlenberg; Elisa Pederson, Grove City; Tara Barlow, DeSales; Scarlett Graham, Allegheny; Amy Agnolutto, Messiah; Tiffany Kulp, Elizabethtown.

Midwest Region
Teams: Washington U. in St. Louis, Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Individuals: Amanda Kuca, Concordia (Wis.); Jessica Winter, Chicago; Marcia Taddy, Wisconsin-Platteville; Marisa Mele, Elmhurst; Megan Kielar, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Erin Kelley, Carroll (Wis.); Melinda Sprague, Illinois Wesleyan; Marlene Yaeger, Wisconsin-River Falls; and Maggie Conley, Maryville University (Mo.).

New England Region
Teams: Amherst, Colby, Middlebury, Tufts and Williams.
Individuals: Tracy Bassett, Wellesley; Jennifer Adams, Keene State; Meg Young, Springfield; Ellen Davis, Wesleyan (Conn.); and Nora Youngs, Smith.

South/Southeast Region
Team: Emory.
Individuals: Julie Coats and Laura Broederdorf, Hendrix; Eileen Schilling, Centre; Megan Fogarty, Christopher Newport; and Allison Hazlett, Mary Washington.

West Region
Teams: Willamette and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
Individuals: Avery Kelly, Redlands; Kristi Dickey and Julie Lauterbach, Whitworth; and Tamma Carleton, Lewis & Clark.

 
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