Friday, November 07, 2008

Mankato, UMD Favorites for D2 Berths

The #13-ranked Minnesota State - Mankato men and the #14 University of Minnesota - Duluth women appear to have an inside track for qualifying spots at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania on November 22.

The two squads are the top-ranked local men's and women's teams competing at Saturday's NCAA Division II Central Region Championships in Kearney, Nebraska.

Six men's teams and five women's teams will qualify from the meet. The Mankato men are the #3-ranked men's team in the region. UMD is the #4 women's squad. Mankato's women's team is ranked #7 in the region; St. Cloud State's men are ranked #9.

Full Central Region rankings can be found HERE.

The Mankato men finished 3rd at the region meet last fall and placed 5th at D2 nationals. UMD's women were 8th in the region in 2007.

The Central Region of Division II sends more teams to the national meet than any of D2's eight regions. In Division II, national meet berths are awarded to regions based on the results of a region's teams at the previous year's national meet.

Results from all the D2 regions will be posted HERE.

Update: Minnesota State - Mankato's men and the Univeristy of Minnesota - Duluth women qualified for NCAA Division II Nationals. The Mavericks finished 3rd; the Bulldogs were 4th.

Find men's results HERE and women's results HERE.

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