BILLINGS, Mont. – For the second time in three years, the NCAA Division II west region cross country championships are returning to the Magic City. Montana State University Billings is welcoming 55 men's and women's teams from across the western United States with more than 450 student-athletes entered to compete in the championship event on Saturday, Nov. 5.
 
Amend Park was the site of the 2014 championships, and the complex in south Billings will again be the chosen destination for 30 NCAA Division II institutions set to compete for a place in the national race being held on Nov. 19, in Saint Leo, Fla.
 
The top five men's teams and top six women's teams earn a berth to the national meet as well as the top three placing individuals from each gender not affiliated with a qualifying team. The three conferences that comprise the west region, California Collegiate Athletic Association, Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and the PacWest will all send representatives to the west region event.
 
In 2014, MSUB men's cross country runner Robert Peterson became the first Yellowjacket athlete to advance to the national meet. Peterson earned a spot by finishing as the top individual in the men's race not on an advancing team.
 
At the GNAC championships two weeks ago, the MSUB men's team placed fifth overall while the women finished 11^th. For the men's team, Garrett Love (16^th) and Jorey Egeland (18^th) were just steps apart at the finish line. Nikki Aiken (64^th) and Rio Frame (69^th) led the MSUB women's effort on the conference course at Lake Padden Park in Bellingham, Wash.
 
Two years ago at the 2014 west region championships at Amend Park, the MSUB men's team placed 17^th of 23 teams. The women's team was 13^th of 24.

For more information on the event, please visit the championships home page here.
 
Montana State University Billings / NCAA Division II West Region Cross Country Championships

Host	Montana State University Billings
Date	Saturday, Nov. 5
Location	Amend Park
Start Time	10 a.m. – men's  |  11:15 a.m. women's
Distance	10K – men's         |  6K women's
Schools	Academy of Art, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, Azusa Pacific, BYU-Hawaii, Cal Baptist, Cal State East Bay, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Bernardino, Central Washington, Chico State, Dixie State, Fresno Pacific, Hawaii Pacific, Holy Names, Humboldt State, MSU Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Notre Dame de Namur, Point Loma, Saint Martin's, San Francisco State, Seattle Pacific, Simon Fraser, Sonoma State, Stanislaus State, UC San Diego, Western Oregon, Western Washington.
Live Web Stream	portal.stretchinternet.com/msub
Live Results	https://competitivetiming.com/ncaa-division-ii-west-regional-championship-results/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From the west region, six men's teams and five women's teams were nationally ranked in the most recent United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national poll. For the men's teams: No. 4 Chico State, No. 6 Alaska Anchorage, No. 9 Cal Poly Pomona, No. 11 UC San Diego, No. 16 Cal Baptist, and No. 24 Simon Fraser. For the women's teams: No. 7 Chico State, No. 9 Cal Baptist, No. 11 Alaska Anchorage, No. 16 Simon Fraser, and No. 23 Cal Poly Pomona.
 
Those rankings line-up with the latest west region team polls. Ten teams from the three conferences were ranked last on Oct. 25.
 
West Region Men's Top-10

Regional Rank	Men's Team	Conference
1	Chico State	CCAA
2	Alaska Anchorage	GNAC
3	Cal Poly Pomona	CCAA
4	UC San Diego	CCAA
5	Cal Baptist	PacWest
6	Simon Fraser	GNAC
7	Academy of Art	PacWest
8	Western Washington	GNAC
9	San Francisco State	CCAA
10	Western Oregon	GNAC

 
West Region Women's Top-10

Regional Rank	Women's Team	Conference
1	Chico State	CCAA
2	Cal Baptist	PacWest
3	Alaska Anchorage	GNAC
4	Simon Fraser	GNAC
5	Point Loma Nazarene	PacWest
6	Cal Poly Pomona	CCAA
7	Seattle Pacific	GNAC
8	Western Washington	GNAC
9	Cal State Stanislaus	CCAA
10	UC San Diego	CCAA