The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2021 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships.  The Bulldog women's Cross Country team will head to St. Leo, Florida for the first time since 2017 and the tenth time in program history. 

In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals had to qualify in their respective NCAA regional competitions that were held this past weekend.  The Bulldogs secured an automatic bid after finishing second in the NCAA central region championship on Saturday. 

Thirty-four teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top three, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 24 teams. Ten additional teams were selected at-large. A minimum of 24 additional individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. The list of advancing teams and individuals is outlined here.

The championships will be held Nov. 20 in Saint Leo, Florida at The Abbey Course. Saint Leo University and Tampa Bay Sports Commission will serve as hosts. The women's race will begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, followed by the men's race at 9:45 a.m. Eastern. 

A live webstream of the championships will occur on www.NCAA.com from 8:30 a.m. Eastern until the conclusion of the awards ceremony.  Live results can be found here.