NCAA Women’s Regionals on Friday

By Adam Schneider of Dyestat

The nine NCAA Division 1 regional qualifying meets are all scheduled for Friday. The top two from each of the regions are automatic qualifying teams and will advance to compete Nov. 18 at the Division 1 Championships in Louisville, Ky. An additional 13 at-large teams from all of the regionals, along with 38 individuals, are selected as long as they finish in the top 25 of their region and are not on the qualifying teams. 

The 13 teams are selected from the teams that don’t finish in the top two in each region. 

Beginning Sept. 8, teams accumulate “wins” by defeating automatic qualifying teams that run their “A” squads. “A” squads are determined by the usage of four or more runners from the regional squads. A lower finishing regional team can bump a team ahead of them, i.e., if a team finishes third and has no wins over “A” squads, they can advance if the team in fourth has a significant number of wins over “A” squads. The NCAA selection committee will determine the 13 at-large teams and then choose four individuals from each region if they are in the top 25 and not on one of the teams that advance to the Division 1 championships. After that, an additional two runners will be selected if they finished in the top 25 of their region.

Top Teams Entered Friday at Division 1 Regionals:

Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Mississippi State at South Regional

North Carolina State, Furman, Eastern Kentucky, and Virginia Tech at Southeast Regional at Charlottesville, Virginia

Providence, Columbia, Dartmouth and Syracuse at Northeast Regional at Buffalo, New York. 

Villanova, Penn State, Georgetown, and Princeton at Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Eastern Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana at Great Lakes Regional at Terre Haute, Indiana

Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Kansas and Missouri at Midwest Regional at Ames, Iowa

Arkansas, Abilene Christian, Texas, and Baylor at South Central Regional at College Station, Texas

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah State, BYU, Northern Arizona, Utah, Air Force, and Colorado State at Mountain Regional at Logan, Utah

Oregon, Stanford, San Francisco, Boise State, Washington, Cal, and UCLA at West Regional at Seattle, Washington

Top 20 (last week’s ranking) - NCAA D1 Regional Meet on November 10th

1. Oregon (1) - West at Seattle, Washington

2. Colorado (2) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

3. New Mexico (3) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

4. San Francisco (4) - West at Seattle, Washington

5. Stanford (5) - West at Seattle, Washington

6. North Carolina State (6) - Southeast at Charlottesville, Virginia

7. Michigan (7) - Great Lakes at Terre Haute, Indiana

8. Arkansas (8) - South Central at College Station, Texas

9. Boise State (9) - West at Seattle, Washington

10. Utah State (10) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

11. BYU (11) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

12. Providence (12) - Northeast at Buffalo, New York

13. Minnesota (13) - Midwest at Ames, Iowa

14. Villanova (14) - Mid-Atlantic at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

15. Furman (15) - Southeast at Charlottesville, Virginia

16. Washington (16) - West at Seattle, Washington

17. Iowa State (17) - Midwest at Ames, Iowa

18. Wisconsin (18) - Great Lakes at Terre Haute, Indiana

19. Penn State (19) - Mid-Atlantic at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

20. Michigan State (20) - Great Lakes at Terre Haute, Indiana

Who to watch: Eastern Kentucky, Georgia, Cal, Utah, Portland, Oklahoma State, Texas, Indiana, Georgetown, Eastern Michigan, Air Force, Columbia, Northern Arizona, Dartmouth