KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 36 team, 80 individuals in the championship field have been announced for the 43
rd Annual NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship that will be held on November 18 in Tallahassee, Fla.
Three teams will represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference, along with three individuals. The College of Idaho earned the CCC’s automatic bid to the national championship after winning the CCC Women’s Cross Country Championship, presented by U.S. Bank. Lewis-Clark State College and Southern Oregon University join the Coyotes as at-large bids.
Bushnell University’s Rebecca Kuskie, Multnomah University’s Shiloh Najjar and Oregon Tech’s Kira Morrow each qualified as individuals.
Meet Notes:
- This is the first year that the championship will be hosted in Tallahassee, Fla. The course will be located at the Apalachee Regional Park.
- The field is made up of 24 automatic qualifiers and 12 at-large berths. A team can automatically qualify by winning the conference championship meet or by being the meet runner-up (for a conference with more than one automatic qualifier). For more about automatic qualifiers CLICK HERE
- The 12 at-large berths were determined by an oversight committee.
- In addition to the team qualifiers and at-large bids, 80 athletes will compete as individual qualifiers.
- The race will be broadcast for the third time this year on the NAIA Network. To access the live video stream and purchase a pass CLICK HERE
Link for Individual Qualifiers
2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Qualifiers
| School |
Qualification |
| Aquinas (Mich.) |
At-Large |
| Benedictine (Kan.) |
Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Carroll (Mont.) |
Frontier Conference Tournament Winner |
| College of Idaho |
Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Winner |
| Concordia (Neb.) |
At-Large |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) |
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South Conference Tournament Winner |
| Dillard (La.) |
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Dordt (Iowa) |
Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
California Pacific Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Grace (Ind.) |
At-Large |
| Haskell (Kan.) |
Continental Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Hastings (Neb.) |
Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up |
| Huntington (Ind.) |
At-Large |
| Indiana Tech |
At-Large |
| Indiana Wesleyan |
At-Large |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
At-Large |
| Milligan (Tenn.) |
Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Montreat (N.C.) |
Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up |
| Oklahoma City |
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
At-Large |
| Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Point Park (Pa.) |
River States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
At-Large |
| SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
The Sun Conference Tournament Winner |
| Southeastern (Fla.) |
At-Large |
| Southern Oregon |
At-Large |
| St. Francis (Ill.) |
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| St. Mary (Kan.) |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Taylor (Ind.) |
Crossroads Leage Tournament Winner |
| The Master's (Calif.) |
Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
At-Large |
| Viterbo (Wis.) |
North Star Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| Westmont (Calif.) |
At-Large |
| William Carey (Miss.) |
Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Winner |
| William Woods (Mo.) |
American Midwest Conference Tournament Winner |