2024 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship Qualifiers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The final field for the 69th annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship has been released as 36 teams and 80 individuals have qualified. The field will prepare to race on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. CT at the Columbia, Mo., Gans Creek Cross Country Course. 
 
After an outstanding season, the CCC will be sending three total teams, along with four individuals to the Men’s Cross Country Championships. No. 1 College of Idaho earned the CCC’s automatic bid to the national championship after winning the CCC Championship. No. 11 Lewis-Clark State College and No. 13 Eastern Oregon University earned at-large bids.
 
After finishing in the top 15 at the CCC Championships, Corban University’s Jack Gladfelter and Zander Moha, along with Southern Oregon University’s Jalen Griego and Northwest University’s Josiah Jaquith all qualified as individuals.
 
Qualifier Notes:

• 2024’s championship will be the first to take place in Columbia, Mo.
• This year’s field comprises 22 automatic qualifiers and 14 at-large berths. A team may qualify with an automatic berth by winning its conference championship meet or as the runner-up in the championship meet provided the conference has 12 or more schools and the runner-up is rated in the top 30 of the final NAIA Men’s Cross Country rating, which is found HERE
• The 14 at-large berths were determined by the final NAIA Men’s Cross Country rating and reviewed by the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Oversight Committee.
• In addition to the team qualifiers, 80 individuals qualified for the championship based on their scoring finish at their respective conference meet. 
• The Crossroads League boasts the highest number of team qualifiers in the 2024 field with five teams: Grace (Ind.), Indiana Wesleyan, Marian (Ind.), Taylor (Ind.) and Spring Arbor (Mich.).
• The 2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship will be streamed live on the NAIA Channel on the Urban Edge Network for free and can be found HERE.

Individual Qualifiers List

2024 NAIA Men's Cross Country Qualifiers

INSTITUTION	CONFERENCE	QUALIFYING METHOD
Aquinas (Mich.)	Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Bellevue (Neb.)	North Star Athletic Association	Conference Tournament Champion
Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
Carroll (Mont.)	Frontier Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
College of Idaho	Cascade Collegiate Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Columbia (Mo.)	American Midwest Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Doane (Neb.)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	At-Large
Dordt (Iowa)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Eastern Oregon	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
Embry-Ridle (Ariz.)	Great Southwest Athletic Conference	At-Large
Grace (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
Haskell (Kan.)	Continental Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads League	At-Large
IU East (Ind.)	River States Conference	At-Large
Kansas Wesleyan	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Runner-Up
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
Marian (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
Milligan (Tenn.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Mobile (Ala.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Montreat (N.C.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	At-Large
Mount Mercy (Iowa)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Oklahoma City	Sooner Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	At-Large
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	Red River Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Rio Grande (Ohio)	River States Conference	At-Large
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Frontier Conference	At-Large
Saint Francis (Ill.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Saint Mary (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	The Sun Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Shawnee State (Ohio)	River States Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Spring Arbor (Mich.)	Crossroads League	Conference Tournament Champion
Taylor (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
The Master's (Calif.)	Great Southwest Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
Tougaloo (Miss.)	HBCU Athletic Conference	Conference Tournament Champion
UC Merced (Calif.)	California Pacific Conference	Conference Tournament Champion