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The NCAA News -- October 11, 1999

Division II Men's Cross Country

Field: A total of 132 individual competitors will be selected. Seventeen teams of seven individuals (with at least one team from each of six regions) plus 13 individuals (at least two from each region) will make up the field.

Dates and sites: Regional qualifying at six sites will be November 6. The championships will be November 20 at Missouri Southern State.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 1285 for dates/sites and 5073 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: Adams State returned to the winner's spot in 1998 after a three-year absence with a six-point victory over runner-up Western State. The Grizzlies claimed a three-peat from 1992 through 1994, making it four titles in its seven years of NCAA membership. Adams State is atop the most recent Division II Cross Country Coaches Association poll, with Western State second. The two teams met early this season at the Colorado State Open. Adams State won the team title, followed by Western State in second place ... Abilene Christian, Minnesota State-Mankato and Missouri Southern State, currently ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, maintained that order as they took the second through fourth positions at the Jock's Nitch Missouri Southern Stampede on the championships course. The team champion in the event was defending Division I champion Arkansas.