Indianapolis, Ind. — The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Sunday as the Vassar College Women's Cross Country team earned a bid for the third straight season while junior Sean Miller earned an at-large bid for the second consecutive campaign to represent the Men's Cross Country squad.
In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals had to qualify in their respective NCAA regional competitions held this weekend. Thirty-two teams were selected to participate in each championship. The top seven-person team automatically qualified from each of the 10 regions. Twenty-two additional teams were selected at-large. Seventy individuals, the first seven student-athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team, were selected to participate in each championship.
Converse University and OneSpartanburg, Inc. are hosting the championships Nov. 22 at Roger Milliken Cross Country course at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The men's race will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern, followed by the women's race at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The women's team earned its third straight at-large bid into the championships following the Brewers winning its third consecutive Liberty League title behind the efforts of seven All-League selections in junior Haley Schoenegge, junior Adelaide Nyhan, senior Anika Mueller-Hickler, junior Norah Reade, junior Cayley Swaim, sophomore Chloe Bibula and junior Acadia Helfand.
Vassar clinched its berth into the National Championship meet with a fifth place finish at the Mideast Regional meet as Schoenegge, Nyhan and Mueller-Hickler all earned USTFCCCA All-Region honorees with top-30 finishes. The Brewers head to Spartansburg, SC ranked #18 nationally in the most recent USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll.
Miller makes his second consecutive appearance at the Championship meet after racing to a 17th place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regionals and earning USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region honors. Miller also finished fifth overall at the Liberty League Championship to collect All-Liberty League First Team accolades.
A live web stream of the championships will occur on NCAA.com beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern time until the conclusion of the awards ceremony.