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official announced by the NCAA and Providence College Women's and Men's Cross Country team have been both invited to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute Indiana.</font></span></span></span></font></div>
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and 13th appearance in the last 14 years for the Men. </span></span></span></font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TTE1C57370t00">The NCAA Championship will be held at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Indiana with the Men’s
10k at 12:08 PM EST and the Women 6k at 12:58 PM. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: TTE1C57370t00"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: TTE1C57370t00"><a href="http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-xc/champpage/c-xc-div1-index.html?KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=15200&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT">http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-xc/champpage/c-xc-div1-index.html?KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=15200&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT</a>=</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TTE1C57370t00">Also check your local listing because the NCAA Championships will be shown live on Versus this year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: TTE1C57370t00"><a href="http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/NCAA/Media+and+Events/Press+Room/News+Release+Archive/2009/Championships/20091027+D1+Cross+Country+Telecast+Release">http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/NCAA/Media+and+Events/Press+Room/News+Release+Archive/2009/Championships/20091027+D1+Cross+Country+Telecast+Release</a></span></p>
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<p align="left"><strong>The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:</strong></p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team </strong></p>
<p align="left">Baylor-South Central Region </p>
<p align="left">Colorado-Mountain Region </p>
<p align="left">Duke-Southeast Region </p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Florida-South Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Florida State-South Region</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Illinois-Midwest Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Minnesota-Midwest Region</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Notre Dame-Great Lakes Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Ohio State-Great Lakes Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Oregon-West Region</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Princeton-Mid-Atlantic Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><strong><em>Providence-Northeast Region</em></strong>
</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">SMU-South Central Region </font></p>
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<p align="left">Syracuse-Northeast Region</p>
<p align="left">Texas Tech-Mountain Region</p>
<p align="left">Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region</p>
<p align="left">Virginia-Southeast Region</p>
<p align="left">Washington-West Region</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Women’s At-large Teams</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Arizona</p>
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<p align="left"></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Arizona State</font></p>
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<p align="left"></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Brigham Young</font></p>
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<p align="left"></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Georgetown</font></p>
<p align="left">Indiana</p>
<p align="left">Iowa State</p>
<p align="left">Michigan</p>
<p align="left">Michigan State</p>
<p align="left">New Mexico</p>
<p align="left">Penn State</p>
<p align="left">Stanford</p>
<p align="left">UTEP</p>
<p align="left">West Virginia</p>
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<p align="left">Women’s Individual Qualifiers</p>
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<p align="left">Great Lakes Region</p>
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<p align="left">Alison Bishel Ball State</p>
<p align="left">Caitlin Comfort Wisconsin</p>
<p align="left">Ari Fisher Toledo</p>
<p align="left">Alexandra Lizarribar Kent State</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Mid-Atlantic Region</p>
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<p align="left">Megan Hogan George Washington</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Midwest Region</p>
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<p align="left">Lauren Bonds Kansas</p>
<p align="left">Beverly Ramos Kansas State</p>
<p align="left">Mihaela Susa Oklahoma State</p>
<p align="left">Kaitie Vanatta Missouri</p>
<p align="left">Laura Crawford Nebraska</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Mountain Region</p>
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<p align="left">Veronica Pohl Northern Arizona</p>
<p align="left">Kristen Hemphill Colorado State</p>
<p align="left">Ellie Rastall Colorado State</p>
<p align="left">Katrina Drennen Montana</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Northeast Region</p>
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<p align="left">Anna Jorgensen Iona</p>
<p align="left">Kailyn Kuzmuk Harvard</p>
<p align="left">Jillian King Boston College</p>
<p align="left">Claire Richardson Harvard</p>
<p align="left">Corey Conner Maine</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">South Region</p>
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<p align="left">Jackie Areson Tennessee</p>
<p align="left">Zamzam Sangau Middle Tennessee</p>
<p align="left">Kristie Krueger Georgia</p>
<p align="left">Janel Blancett Georgia State</p>
<p align="left">Katie Van Horn Tennessee</p>
<p align="left"></font></font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></font></b> </p>
<p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">South Central Region</p>
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<p align="left">Betzy Jimenez Texas</p>
<p align="left">Alyssa Allison Arkansas</p>
<p align="left">Anne Ronoh Texas A&M-Corpus Christi</p>
<p align="left">Miranda Walker Arkansas</p>
<p align="left">Mia Behm Texas</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Southeast Region</p>
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<p align="left">Janet Jesang Western Kentucky</p>
<p align="left">Tarah McKay Louisville</p>
<p align="left">Brittany Tinsley North Carolina State</p>
<p align="left">Emily Pritt North Carolina State</p>
<p align="left">Alison Parris James Madison</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">West Region</p>
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<p align="left">Stephanie Wilson Santa Clara</p>
<p align="left">Lisa Egami Washington State</p>
<p align="left">Crystal Reed UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>Shannon Murakami UCLA</p>
<p><font face="times new roman"></font> </p>
<p><font face="times new roman"></font> </p>
<p align="left"><strong>Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams </strong></p>
<p align="left">Alabama-South Region</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Arkansas-South Central Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Brigham Young-Mountain Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Colorado-Mountain Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Florida State-South Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Georgetown-Mid-Atlantic Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Iona-Northeast Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Michigan State-Great Lakes Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">North Carolina State-Southeast Region
</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Oklahoma-Midwest Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Oklahoma State-Midwest Region </font>
</p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Portland-West Region </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman">Stanford-West Region </font></p>
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<p align="left">Syracuse-Northeast</p>
<p align="left">Texas-South Central Region</p>
<p align="left">Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region</p>
<p align="left">William and Mary-Southeast Region</p>
<p align="left">Wisconsin-Great Lakes Region</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Men’s At-large Teams</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Arizona State</p>
<p align="left">Auburn</p>
<p align="left">Duke</p>
<p align="left">Iowa State</p>
<p align="left">Louisville</p>
<p align="left">Minnesota</p>
<p align="left">New Mexico</p>
<p align="left">Northern Arizona</p>
<p align="left">Ohio State</p>
<p align="left">Oregon</p>
<p align="left"><strong><em><font size="4">Providence</font></em></strong></p>
<p align="left">Virginia</p>
<p align="left">Washington</p>
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<p align="left"><strong></strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>Men’s Individual Qualifiers</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong></strong> </p>
<p align="left"><strong>Great Lakes Region</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Andrew Poore Indiana</p>
<p align="left">Eric Schulz Indiana State</p>
<p align="left">Madison Roeder Butler</p>
<p align="left">Andy Baker Butler</p>
<p align="left">Jake Walker Notre Dame</p>
<p align="left">Caden Shields Purdue</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Mid-Atlantic Region</p>
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<p align="left">Alex Lundy Maryland</p>
<p align="left">Mike Stolar Duquesne</p>
<p align="left">Vince McNally Penn State</p>
<p align="left">Rob Speare Princeton</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Midwest Region</p>
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<p align="left">Jeff Schirmer Southern Illinois</p>
<p align="left">Jonah Lagat Oral Roberts</p>
<p align="left">John Beattie Tulsa</p>
<p align="left">Thibault Vandenabeele University of Northern Iowa</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Mountain Region</p>
</b></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
<p align="left">Justin Tyner Air Force</p>
<p align="left">Nicodemus Ng’etich UTEP</p>
<p align="left">Elkana Rotich UTEP</p>
<p align="left">Brian McKenna Utah State</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">Northeast Region</p>
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<p align="left">Daniel Chenoweth Harvard</p>
<p align="left">Erik Van Ingen Binghamton University</p>
<p align="left">Nate Edelman Cornell</p>
<p align="left">Christian Escareno Brown</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">South Region</p>
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<p align="left">Barnabas Kirui Mississippi</p>
<p align="left">Zac Edwards South Alabama</p>
<p align="left">Micah Tirop South Alabama</p>
<p align="left">Festus Chemaoi Middle Tennessee</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">South Central Region</p>
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<p align="left">Francis Kasagule Lamar</p>
<p align="left">Joshua Sawe McNeese State</p>
<p align="left">Joe Sauvageau Texas A&M</p>
<p align="left">David Rooney McNeese State</p>
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<p align="left"></font></font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Southeast Region</p>
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<p align="left">Samuel Chelanga Liberty</p>
<p align="left">Wesley Rutton Eastern Kentucky</p>
<p align="left">Evans Kigen Liberty</p>
<p align="left">Patrick Cheptoek Western Kentucky</p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left">West Region</p>
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<p align="left">Scott Smith UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p align="left">Mohamud Ige Arizona</p>
<p align="left">Marco Anzures UCLA</p>
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<p>Joe Gatel Cal Poly</p>
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