By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
November 22, 2009

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 7 West Virginia University cross country team is set to race at the 2009 NCAA Women’s Division I Championship on Monday, Nov. 23, at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind. Race time is set for 12:58 p.m.

This season marks the Mountaineers third-straight and sixth overall appearance at the NCAA Championship. Other appearances occurred in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2008.

Last season the Mountaineers finished in fourth place for the highest-ever finish in school history. Junior Keri Bland led the team and finished 14th with a time of 20:20, while classmate Marie-Louise Asselin finished 17th with a time of 20:27. With their top-40 individual finish, Bland and Asselin earn All-America honors for the second consecutive year.

Racing this season will be seniors Bland, Asselin and Clara Grandt, sophomores Kate Harrison, Kaylyn Christopher, Ahna Lewis and redshirt freshman Sarah-Anne Brault.

This year’s championships are set to be nationally televised on Versus Network.

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