KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the qualifiers for the 52nd Annual Men's and 28th Annual Women's NAIA Cross Country National Championship.  The races will be held at Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday, November 17, 2007.  The men's race will start at 10:30 a.m. (CST) while the women's starts at 11:45 a.m. (CST).

This year's men's 8K race will feature 28 teams, including 13 region champions and 15 at-large bids, and 67 individual qualifiers.  The Malone College (Ohio) occupied the top spot in all 10 Top 25 polls this season and is the favorite to capture the team title.  The Pioneers along with Simon Fraser (B.C.) will aim for their second national title while the rest of the field is going for their first.

Men's Team Qualifiers (Method of qualification)

Aquinas (Mich.) (Region VIII Champion)

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (At-large)

Black Hills State (S.D.) (Region III Champion)

Bryan (Tenn.) (Region XII Champion)

California State-San Marcos (Region II Champion)

Cedarville (Ohio) (At-large)

Concordia (Calif.) (At-large)

Concordia (Neb.) (At-large)

Corner Stone (Mich.) (At-large)

Dickinson State (N.D.) (At-large)

Eastern Oregon (At-large)

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (Region XIV Champion)

Huntington (Ind.) (At-large)

The College of Idaho (At-large)

Indiana Tech (At-large)

Indiana Wesleyan (At-large)

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (At-large)

Lindenwood (Mo.) (Region V Champion)

Malone (Ohio) (Region IX/X Champion)

MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (At-large)

Oklahoma Baptist (Region VI Champion)

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (Region VII Champion)

Shorter (Ga.) (Region XIII Champion)

Simon Fraser (B.C.) (Region I Champion)

Southwestern (Kan.) (Region IV Champion)

Union (Tenn.) (Region XI Champion)

Vanguard (Calif.) (At-large)

Westmont (Calif.) (At-large)

 

Men's Individual Qualifiers

Region I

Burck, Eric - Concordia (Ore.)

Humberston, Kory - Oregon Tech

Jeffers, Kevin - Southern Oregon

Kreuz, Cameron - Southern Oregon

Randall, Leonard - Northwest (Wash.)

 

Region II

Aguirre, Joe - The Master's (Calif.)

Ball, Brian - Biola (Calif.)

Madrigal, Benny - Fresno Pacific (Calif.)

Magut, Abednego - Simpson (Calif.)

Smith, Tim - The Master's (Calif.)

 

Region III

Berkness, Devon - Sioux Falls (S.D.)

Danga, Jeremiah - Morningside (Iowa)

Eicher, Bryan - Hastings (Neb.)

Hahn, Rob - South Dakota Tech

Heezen, Chris - Dakota State (S.D.)

Kimo, Sufian - Doane Neb.)

Logsdon, Cory - Dana (Neb.)

 

Region IV

Allred, Chris - Park (Mo.)

Bailey, Brent - McPherson (Kan.)

Ortiz, Israel - McPherson (Kan.)

Rannabargar, David - Oklahoma Wesleyan

Schuman, Max - Park (Mo.)

 

Region V

Flores, Anthony - Missouri Valley

Kibii, Kenneth - Missouri Baptist

Melly, Elias - Missouri Valley

Morogah, Vincent - Missouri Baptist

Sawe, Josphat - Central Methodist (Mo.)

 

Region VI

Chepkwony, Benson - Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

Davila, Juan - Northwood (Texas)

McCune, Timmy - Wayland Baptist (Texas)

Ngney, Erick - Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

Powell, Jordan - Oklahoma Christian

 

Region VII

Bond, Brandon - Grand View (Iowa)

Burgarin, Steven - Saint Xavier (Ill.)

Jellema, Andrew - Trinity Christian (Ill.)

Miles, Cliff - St. Ambrose (Iowa)

Oh, Dan - Illinois Tech

 

Region VIII

Deo, Robert - Siena Heights (Mich.)

Glinski, Mike - Siena Heights (Mich.)

Murray, Kyle - Marian (Ind.)

Peabody, Michael - Taylor (Ind.)

Robertson, Tom - Taylor (Ind.)

 

Region IX/X

Ballard, Dan - Houghton (N.Y.)

Culbertson, Corey - Shawnee State (Ohio)

Groholy, Mike - Walsh (Ohio)

McKee, Brendan - Walsh (Ohio)

Rathkamp, Keegan - Shawnee State (Ohio)

 

Region XI

Braima, Andre' - Campbellsville (Ky.)

Darrell, Seth - Cumberlands (Ky.)

Kipchirchir, Christopher - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Mutuse, David - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Robles, Juan - Cumberlands (Ky.)

 

Region XII

Degefa, Wegene - Milligan (Tenn.)

Hamilton, Daniel - King (Tenn.)

Kibert, Brandon - Union (Ky.)

Ronoh, Benjamin - Milligan (Tenn.)

Winkler, Paul - Berea (Ky.)

 

Region XIII

Aucoin, Patrick - Spring Hill (Ala.)

Dean, Chad - Lee (Tenn.)

Garcia, Francisco - Berry (Ga.)

Kimeli, Dennis - Mobile (Ala.)

McClay, Ryan - Berry (Ga.)

 

Region XIV

French, Tyler - SCAD (Ga.)

Kosgei, Wilbourn - Warner Southern (Fla.)

Mott, Jonathan - Webber International (Fla.)

Richmond, Austin - Webber International (Fla.)

Rotich, Cornelius - Warner Southern (Fla.)