KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The NAIA has announced the field of teams and individuals that will race for the red banner in Vancouver, Washington, on Friday, November 20. On the men's side, 36 teams and 75 individuals will race, while 36 women's teams and 84 individuals will compete.

On the men's side, UT Southern captured the automatic bid by winning last week's conference championship. The four individuals that qualified outside of UTS were Mobile's Cooper Osmus and Nathan Jones and Loyola's Jacob Kennedy and Jace Luckoski. Osmus was the individual champion of the conference championship.

On the women's side, William Carey earned the AQ as the conference champion, while UT Southern's Vera Maisaje and Alyssa Andrea, Dalton State's Kylie Gray and Mobile's Claire Atkins earned spots as the top individuals not part of the Crusaders.

The men will have their 8K race begin at 10:30 a.m. PST, while the women's 6K race will be one hour after that. The races will be streamed live on the NAIA Network.