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The NCAA News -- October 11, 1999

Division I Women's Cross Country

Field: A total of 255 individual competitors 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 13. The championships will be November 22 at Indiana.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 1279 for dates/sites, 5075 for qualifiers and 5076 for championships results. Regional results will appear in the November 22 issue of The NCAA News, and championships results will be published December 6.

Championships notes: Villanova edged Brigham Young, 106-110, for the 1998 team title and returns three of its top six finishers from the championships. The Wildcats, fourth in the FinishLynx preseason rankings, are the leader in both team and individual champions with seven each. Brigham Young received all 12 first-place votes in the FinishLynx poll, but was edged, 31-33, by second-ranked Stanford at the Cougars' Triple Crown Invitational in mid-September. Julia Stamps, who finished sixth in the 1998 championships, and Lauren Fleshman placed first and second, respectively, to key the Cardinal victory.