Nov. 12, 2006

Wake Forest's women's cross country team will join 30 other schools at the Nov. 20 NCAA Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind.

Coach Annie Bennett's seven-woman team, one of 13 teams to earn an at-large bid, will run at noon on Nov. 20. Indiana State University is serving as the host school.

Wake Forest, which has been nationally-ranked much of the fall season, finished fifth Saturday at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky. Deacon senior Michelle Sikes finished second at the regional and is considered one of the top runners competing at the NCAA Championship.

Eight of the 31 teams running Nov. 20 are from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

NCAA Championship Field

Arizona State

Arkansas

Baylor

Boston College

BYU

Colorado

Colorado State

Duke

Florida

Florida State

Georgetown

Georgia

Illinois

Iona

Iowa

Michigan

Michigan State

Minnesota

North Carolina

NC State

Princeton

Providence

Stanford

Tennessee

Texas Tech

UC Santa Barbara

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Weber State

Wisconsin