STILLWATER, Okla. -- With a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional, junior
JD Rosslee qualifies for the NCAA Cross Country Championships at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri.
The South African clocked a 30:30.6 to be one of four automatic qualifiers for the Men's 10K Championship. Rosslee was the fourth-highest finisher among athletes on teams outside of the top two finishing teams. He also earned All-Midwest Region honors for finishing in the top 25 individually, the program's first athlete to do so since 2019.
Rosslee is the first Brave to individually qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2017, when Taylor Floyd Mews and Jake Hoffert finished sixth and ninth, respectively, at the Regional in Ames, Iowa. Rosslee's finish is also the highest by a Brave at the Stillwater Regional since Hoffert's 25th-place finish in 2019.
HOW THE DAY UNFOLDED
The day began ahead of schedule, with races moved forward to 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. from 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
The Women's 6K Championship saw
Trixie Wraith lead the Braves, placing 21st with a time of 20:56.8. The finish earned Wraith her first career All-Midwest Region selection and marked the fifth consecutive season a Bradley woman earned All-Region honors.
Kaitlyn Sheppard was the second-highest finishing Brave, taking 39th at 21:28.3.
Noelle Steines capped off her standout freshman season with a 45th-place finish (21:37.9), while
Nadia Potgieter (21:44.2) and
Abigail Hancock (21:46.2) placed 54th and 57th, respectively. The team placed sixth out of 32 teams.
The Men's 8K Championship was headlined by Rosslee's NCAA-qualifying run, whose 12th-place finish was the program's highest men's regional finish since 2018.
Michael Rebello finished 39th with a time of 31:42.5, while
Caleb Lind took 43rd at 31:48.8.
Oliver Burns (60th, 32:23.1) and
Jacob Trangmar (93rd, 32:53.3) rounded out the team scoring. The team placed ninth out of 30 teams.
UP NEXT
Rosslee will run in the Men's 10K NCAA Championship on Saturday, Nov. 22.
BRADLEY RESULTS
