NAU Men's and Women's Cross Country Qualifies for Division I National Championships

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 7, 2021) - The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the team and individual qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships. The Northern Arizona men's and women's teams both received national bids. 

Thirty-one teams were selected to participate in each championship; thirty-eight individuals were also selected for each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process.

Oklahoma State University will host the championships, at the OSU Cross Country Course located in Stillwater, Oklahoma on March 15, 2021. Teams and individual student-athletes selected for championships may invite some guests to watch them compete, however there will be no public ticket sales for the event.

The Lumberjack women return to the national meet for the second time in a row; prior to 2019, the NAU women had not attended the DI National Cross Country Championships since 2008.

Placing 14th at nationals last year was a huge achievement and step in the right direction for the Lumberjack women, as they enter this year's national meet ranked No. 9 in the USTFCCCA Division I National Coaches' Poll. 

Meanwhile for the No. 2 ranked NAU men, they look to take the podium for the fifth straight season, and reclaim the national title. 

The following men's and women's teams qualified for National Championships:

Men's automatic qualifying teams: 

• Air Force

• Arkansas

• Butler

• BYU

• Charlotte

• Colorado

• Duke

• Furman

• Georgetown

• Gonzaga

• Indiana

• Iona

• Iowa State

• Michigan State

• NC State

• Northern Arizona

• Notre Dame

• Oklahoma State

• Ole Miss

• Portland

• Purdue

• Southern Utah

• Stanford

• Syracuse

• Tulsa

• Utah State

• Villanova

• Virginia

• Wake Forest

• Washington

• Wisconsin

Women's automatic qualifying teams: 

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• Boise State

• BYU

• Colorado

• Colorado State

• Duke

• Florida State

• Furman

• Georgetown

• Georgia Tech

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Iowa State

• Liberty 

• Michigan

• Michigan State

• Minnesota

• NC State

• New Mexico

• North Carolina

• Northern Arizona

• Oklahoma State

• Ole Miss

• Oregon State

• Portland

• San Francisco

• Stanford

• Tulsa

• Washington

• West Virginia