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The NCAA News -- November 9, 1998

Division I Men's Cross Country

Field: The field is increasing for the first time since 1981. A total of 255

individual competitors, up from 184, will be selected. Thirty-one teams of seven individuals -- with at least two teams from each of nine regions -- plus 38 individuals (at least four from each region) will make up the field.

Dates and sites: Regional qualifying at nine sites will be November 14. The championships will be November 23 at Kansas.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 1279 for dates/sites, 5071 for qualifiers and 5072 for championships results. Regional results will appear in the November 23 issue of The NCAA News and championships results will be published December 7.

Championships notes: Stanford is the two-time defending champion .... If the Cardinal wins this year, it would become just the fifth team in the 60-year history of the championships to claim three titles in a row .... Arkansas has a string of 20 consecutive top-10 finishes, including eight championships and four second-place efforts .... Stanford's three-point victory over runner-up Arkansas last year was the first single-digit winning margin since UTEP edged Oregon, 86-93, in 1979 .... Kansas will serve as host for the first time since a two-year stint in 1965 and 1966.