Schedule
2021 NCAA Division II National Championships, Saturday, Nov. 20 | Women's 6K race begins at 8:30 a.m. | The Abbey Course - St. Leo, Florida
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Schedule – The course will open at 6:30 a.m. Competitors in the Women's 6K will be called to the line at 8:10 a.m. and the National Anthem will be played at 8:15 a.m. The awards ceremony for top runners and teams will happen immediately following the conclusion of the men's race.
Awards and Qualifiers – The top 15 finishers and top four teams in the women's race will receive recognition in an awards ceremony following the race. The top 40 finishers in each race also will receive All-American honors.
Women's Preview
The Chargers used a seventh-place finish in one of NCAA Division II's toughest regionals to make an eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA DII National Meet. Hillsdale will be looking for a solid finish at nationals, building off strong results in the G-MAC Championships on Oct. 23 and the Midwest Regional Championship on Nov. 6. The Chargers are led by freshman Liz Wamsley, who took seventh individually at the regional meet in a personal best time of 21:09 for the 6K distance. If Wamsley can match or improve upon that time in the national meet race, she will have a shot at becoming the first Hillsdale women's cross country runner to earn All-American honors since Arena Lewis in 2018.
Hillsdale also could surprise in the team race, with a strong core behind Wamsley that includes sophomores Meg Scheske and Gwynne Riley, who both earned All-Conference honors for the Chargers on Oct. 23. A strong pack that includes two freshmen, Vera Thompson and Abby Scherer, as well as junior Claire McNally, could play to Hillsdale's advantage in a tightly packed national meet race that places an emphasis on sticking together as a team and ensuring your fifth runner gets across the line in the best time possible.
The Chargers' best-ever national meet finish is second, in 2014, and Hillsdale also recorded a third-place finish in 2015. Hillsdale placed 11th in their most recent national meet trip in 2019, and return Riley, Scheske and McNally from that squad two years ago.