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Nov. 8, 2004
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NCAA Regional Saturday: The NCAA Great Lakes Regional is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Eagle Crest Golf Course in Ypsilanti, Mich. On the line for Miami and the other 33 schools in the Great Lakes region is a bid to the NCAA Championship on Nov. 22. A total of 255 runners are at the national meet, comprised of seven runners from 31 teams (217 runners) plus 38 individuals. The top two teams from each of the nine regions earn a berth to the national meet, as do 13 other teams selected by an NCAA committee. Individually, the top four runners from each region whose teams don't qualify get a bid to Terre Haute, as do two runners selected by the committee.
A Tough Crowd: Getting an NCAA Regional automatic bid is no easy task in the Great Lakes region, as Miami is one of 34 schools in the region to sponsor women's cross country and be eligible to compete in the regional. The region encompasses all Division I schools from Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Six nationally-ranked teams in the FinishLynx national poll call the Great Lakes region home, including No. 4 Michigan, No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 16 Illinois, No. 27 Indiana and No. 30 Butler.
Last Year's NCAA Regional Meet: Miami took 14th of 30 schools at the 2003 NCAA Great Lakes regional. Of the five Miami scorers at last year's NCAA Regional meet, held at Indiana State, three do not return this season. Andrea Kremer took sixth overall, while Kristin Wrede was 49th and Kylee Studer was the 90th woman across the tape. None of the three return this year, though Abbey Reeser, who finished 105th overall, is on this year's squad, as is 124th-place finisher Kelly Ardelean. Miami's other two participants, Jen Taylor and Leslie McCue are back as well, but of the four, only Ardelean has scored in a meet this year.
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