Nov. 11, 2007

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina women's cross country team will be making a return trip to Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 19 for the NCAA Cross Country National Championships after earning an at-large bid on Sunday, Nov. 11. The Tar Heels finished in third at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday, Nov. 10 as Brie Felnagle captured the individual title and was joined on the all-region team by Megan Kaltenbach and Addie Bracy. The women will race at 12:55 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19 and can be seen on CSTV.

"I am absolutely ecstatic, they have worked extremely hard all year long to get to this point," head coach Michael Whittlesey said. "I'm very, very proud of this team."

The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:

Women's Automatic Qualifying Teams
Arkansas - South Central Region
Colorado State - Mountain Region
Duke - Southeast Region
Florida State - South Region
Georgia - South Region
Illinois - Midwest Region
Michigan - Great Lakes Region
Michigan State - Great Lakes Region
Minnesota - Midwest Region
North Carolina State - Southeast Region
Northern Arizona - Mountain Region
Oregon - West Region
Princeton - Mid-Atlantic Region
Providence - Northeast Region
Rice - South Central Region
Stanford - West Region
Stony Brook - Northeast Region
West Virginia - Mid-Atlantic Region

Women's At-large Teams
Arizona State
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
UC Santa Barbara
Colorado
Florida
Georgetown
Iowa
North Carolina
Texas Tech
Washington
Wisconsin

Women's Individual Automatic Qualifiers

Great Lakes Region
Laura Neufarth Miami (Ohio)
Laura Rolf Valparaiso
Alison Bishel Ball State
Genni Gardner Butler

Middle Atlantic Region
Bridget Franek Penn State
Cheyenne Ogletree Rutgers
Rachel Papin La Salle
Sheila Reid Villanova

Midwest Region
Alex Becker Tulsa
Lisa Koll Iowa State
Jessica Eldridge Oklahoma
Grace Kemmey Iowa State
Lara Crofford Nebraska

Mountain Region
Sariah Long Weber State
Gretchen Fagley-Johnson Wyoming
Morgan Haws Weber State
Sharla Platt Southern Utah

Northeast Region
McKayla Plank Iona
Lindsay Donaldson Yale
Carmen Ballard Columbia
Smita Gupta Brown
Catherine Parker New Hampshire

South Region
Lauren Blankenship Samford
Lauren Weaver Belmont
Rachel Hannah Georgia State
Elizabeth Ambrus UAB

South Central Region
Silje Fjortoft SMU
Clerc Koenck Lamar
Christina Munoz Texas A&M
Renee Graham Lamar

Southeast Region
Emily Harrison Virginia
Tasmin Fanning Virginia Tech
Diana Jepchirchir Coastal Carolina
Janet Jesang Western Kentucky

West Region
Dana Morgan Portland
Laura Mickelson Loyola Marymount
Sarah Cocco USC
Mattie Bridgmon Eastern Washington