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NCAA | November 11, 2025

NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships qualifiers announced

Adams State wins the 2024 DII women's cross country championship

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.

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In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals had to qualify in their respective NCAA regional competitions that were held this past weekend.

Thirty-four teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top three, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 24 teams. Ten additional teams were selected at-large. A minimum of 24 additional individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined below.

The championships will be held Saturday, November 22 at Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course. University of Wisconsin-Parkside will serve as the host. The women’s race will begin at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, followed by the men’s race at 12:15 p.m. Eastern. 

A live webstream of the championships will occur on www.NCAA.com from 11:00 a.m. Eastern until the conclusion of the awards ceremony. 

Men’s Qualifying Teams

School Region
Adams State South Central
Alabama Huntsville South
Alaska Anchorage West
Anderson (South Carolina) Southeast
Augustana (South Dakota) Central
Cal Poly Pomona West
Charleston (West Virginia) Atlantic
Chico State West
Colorado Christian South Central
Colorado School of Mines South Central
Colorado-Colorado Springs South Central
Davis & Elkins Atlantic
East Central Central
Embry-Riddle (Florida) South
Flagler College Southeast
Florida Southern South
Franklin Pierce East
Grand Valley State Midwest
Lee South
Lewis Midwest
Nebraska-Kearney Central
Northwest Missouri State Central
Northwest Nazarene West
Oklahoma Baptist Central
Pittsburg State Central
Roberts Wesleyan East
Saginaw Valley State Midwest
Shippensburg Atlantic
Southern Connecticut State East
Washburn Central
West Texas A&M South Central
Western Colorado South Central
Western Washington West
Wingate University Southeast

Women’s Qualifying Teams

School Region
Adams State South Central
Biola West
Cal Poly Pomona West
Catawba Southeast
Cedarville Midwest
Chico State West
Colorado Mesa South Central
Colorado School of Mines South Central
Colorado-Colorado Springs South Central
CSU Pueblo South Central
Davis & Elkins Atlantic
East Stroudsburg Atlantic
Edinboro Atlantic
Flagler College Southeast
Fort Lewis South Central
Grand Valley State Midwest
Lee South
Lewis Midwest
Minnesota State Mankato Central
Nebraska-Kearney Central
Northern Michigan Midwest
Palm Beach Atl. South
Pittsburg State Central
Roberts Wesleyan East
Southern Connecticut State East
Stanislaus State West
Thomas Jefferson University East
University of Tampa South
Walsh Midwest
West Texas A&M South Central
Western Colorado South Central
Western Washington West
Wingate University Southeast
Winona State Central

Men’s Individual Qualifiers

Region Athlete School
Atlantic Region Mike Formica

Indiana (Pennsylvania)

  Franklin Kipchirchir

Fayetteville State

  Brian Kiprop

Fayetteville State

  Josh Miller West Chester
  Jonathan Thrush

California (Pennsylvania)

Central Region Jaden Deaton

Missouri Southern State

  Wimachmorr Gilo

Missouri Western

  Timothy Kiprotich

Newman University

  Chase Sorrell

Missouri Southern State

East Region Dylan Boyle

Thomas Jefferson University

  CJ Johnson Daemen
  Julian Jones

Wilmington University

  Dillon Labonte

Southern New Hampshire Univ.

Midwest Region Louis Ginane Tiffin
  Tyler Harris Drury University
  Ramon Rodriguez Tiffin
South Region Basile Chevrel

Christian Brothers

  Colten Lee Palm Beach Atl.
South Central Region Weldon Chebon

New Mexico Highlands

  Ian Rono

Texas A&M International

Southeast Region Nasrudin Mohamed

Augusta University

  James Shue Catawba
West Region Dexter Delaney

Alaska Fairbanks

  Alan Jimenez

Cal State San Marcos

  Noah Plaza

Concordia University Irvine

Women’s Individual Qualifiers

Region Athlete School
Atlantic Region Natalie Barr Glenville State
  Emily Bowers

Gannon University

  Faith Kiplimo

Fayetteville State

  Olivia Magagna Bloomsburg
Central Region Olivia Bakker

Northwest Missouri State

  Shaelyn Hostager

Minnesota Duluth

  Vivien Kipkorir Harding
  Kyla Lochtefeld Washburn
  Emily McCullough Fort Hays State
  Amy Morefield Rogers State
East Region Samantha Doran Bentley
  Lily Tedford Bentley
Midwest Region Allison Kuzma Hillsdale
  Maddie Miller-Ross

Illinois Springfield

South Region Addie Aguayo

Union (Tennessee)

  Taylor Benoit

Mississippi College

  Jillian Thorning

Nova Southeastern

  Lauren Wallace

Mississippi College

South Central Region Brooke Latham

Oklahoma Christian

  Megan Williamson Dallas Baptist
Southeast Region Kennedy Roush

Anderson (South Carolina)

  Madison Thomas

Augusta University

West Region Maya Ewing Seattle Pacific
  Angela McManus

Cal State San Marcos

  Madeline Reeves Point Loma
  Rachael Watkins Simon Fraser

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