Anna Kostarellis Qualifies for NCAA Cross Country Championships

CINCINNATI - Junior Anna Kostarellis punched her ticket to the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday evening. She was one of 38 individual runners who earned an at-large bid for the championship meet.

The championships are being hosted by Indiana State at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's 6K race is slated for 11:15 a.m. ET.

Kostarellis is the first Xavier runner to qualify for the meet since Madeline Britton in 2017 and the third qualifier in program history. Clare Fischer also competed at the 2013 championships.

KOSTARELLIS NOTABLES

• Anna Kostarellis placed 11th (out of 215 runners) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday, Nov. 15 in Madison, Wis. She posted a time of 20:33.80 in the 6K race. The Xavier women placed 10th overall (out of 31 teams), tying the program's highest finish. The Musketeers have finished 10th in the regional three times and most recently in 2015.

• Anna Kostarellis placed second at the BIG EAST Championships on Nov. 2 in Kenosha, Wis. She earned All-BIG EAST honors for the second time in as many seasons as she placed 18th at the meet a year ago.

• Anna Kostarellis has won two meets this season. The Churchville, N.Y., native won the Queen City Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 31 and the Louisville Classic on Saturday, Oct. 5. Her time of 16:43.10 in the 5K race at the Louisville Classic established a new school record.

• Anna Kostarellis was ranked 46th nationally in the 2019 FloXC Top-255 Individual rankings as announced on Nov. 3.

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