Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M both qualified for the 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships by virtue of their regional finishes.
The two teams will represent the Lone Star Conference at the NCAA Division II Championships on Nov. 17 at the MSSU Course in Joplin, Mo., along with individual qualifiers Dylan Doss (WT) and Ashley Flores (Midwestern State).
The Greyhounds and Lady Buffs continued their postseason success after winning the LSC Championships on October 20.
ENMU qualified for their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place team finish (174 points). The Greyhounds were paced by Isaiah Samoei, who was the regional runner-up for the second straight year with a time of 32:10.
WT finished in fifth place with 140 points. The Lady Buffs were led by Brenda Sindet with a time of 22:26, which earned her seventh-place.
Doss placed 11
th (32:43) to earn a spot, while Flores was 19
th (22:57).
The top three teams of seven student-athletes from each region automatically qualified. Additional berths were awarded to regions based on the first eight team finishers at the 2011 championships. The top three individual finishers from each region who are not part of a qualifying team automatically qualified for the championships. In addition, all individual competitors who finish in the top five overall places in their respective regional meet and are not a member of a qualifying team automatically advance to the championships. The
list of advancing teams and individuals are available here.
2012 NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships - Women's 6K (Complete results)
Place Score Team (Total, Average, Pack Times)
1. 28 Adams State (1:51:12, 22:14.40, 0:54)
1 3 6 8 10 (17) (21)
Alicia Nelson, Kelly Lamb, Lauren Martin, Alyssa Selve,
Tracee Van Der Wyk, Tayler Warren, Jesse Brunett
2. 49 Western State (1:52:16, 22:27.14, 1:12)
2 4 9 11 23 (37) (91)
Sophie McNeely, Julie Pack, Anna Marshall, Tara Richardson,
Cassandra Ortiz, Torie Weprin, Melanie Becic
3. 108 UC-Colo. Spgs. (1:55:13, 23:02.49, 1:26)
13 14 15 18 48 (52) (65)
Veronica Sandoval, Megan Burrell, Madison Neher, Angie Martell,
Samantha Bauer, Ashley Benfield, Alyssa Andrews
4. 132 Colorado Mines (1:56:39, 23:19.71, 0:45)
16 27 28 29 32 (33) (39)
Chloe Gustafson, Hannah Cooling, Marie Patton, Hannah Schuster,
Kirsten Farquhar, Ann Joyce Miller, Kaylie Haynes
5. 140 West Texas A&M (1:56:58, 23:23.52, 1:35)
7 24 25 41 43 (45) (46)
Brenda Sindet, Mireia Guarner, Amber Moore, Emma Love,
Jessica Blakely, Haley Sparks, Taylor Sparks
2012 NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships - Men's 10K (Complete results)
Place Score Team (Total, Average, Pack Times)
1. 26 Adams State (2:42:00, 32:23.99, 0:33)
1 4 5 6 10 (12) (31)
Kevin Batt, Matthew Daniels, Jovanny Godinez, David Sanchez,
Andrew Roberts, John Luterbach, Kyle Masterson
2. 58 Western State (2:43:22, 32:40.39, 0:42)
3 7 13 16 19 (24) (35)
Ian Butler, Vegard Olstad, Ieuan Thomas, Garrett Wilson, Adam Sinda,
Michael Schmidt, Michael Cernoia
3. 75 Colorado Mines (2:44:08, 32:49.46, 0:23)
8 9 17 20 21 (27) (30)
Phil Schneider, Derek Alcorn, Frank Socha, Andrew Epperson,
Adam Bodnar, Marty Andrie, Russell Drummond
4. 118 UC-Colo. Spgs. (2:46:28, 33:17.50, 0:44)
14 22 25 28 29 (32) (45)
Emilio Trujillo, Sam Feldotto, Oliver Williams, Ryan Derrick,
Luke Dakin, Mike English, Matt Winfrey
5. 174 Eastern New Mexico (2:49:52, 33:58.35, 2:54)
2 34 41 42 55 (74) (94)
Isaiah Samoei, Kaspers Briska, Kevin Roa, Patrick Lueras,
Trevor Merhege, Zerrick Vriseno, Marquez Hobson
6. 178 Fort Lewis (2:49:52, 33:58.38, 1:55)
15 33 36 43 51 (70) (109)
Kiprono Mutai, Garrett Sapakoff, Christian Gering, Jimmy Mohrbacher,
Joey Brenner, Derek Laue, Alex Kilman