KANSAS CITY, MO. (Nov. 12, 2012) -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the team and individual qualifiers for the 2012 NAIA Men's and Women's Cross Country National Championships. The 57th Annual Men's and 33rd Annual Women's event will take place at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash. on Nov. 17. The women's 5K run will start at 9:30 a.m. CST, followed by the men's 8K race at 10:45 a.m.

Our Lady of the Lake University's David Duque will make his second appearance at the nationals. Saints' women making their first appearance at nationals include: Laura Echeverria, Marianna Hurtado and Erica Ramos.

Head Coach Stephen Sherman said, "It cannot be said enough how proud I am of all four athletes for what they have accomplished in qualifying for nationals. They all have unique but similar experiences in terms of the various levels of sacrifice it took to get to this point. None of them were or are afraid to work hard for a goal, and I'm not sure too many people their age can make that claim. That being said, now they have to move on to a new goal of doing well at the national meet. We've been there every year since 2009 with Miriam [Vazquez] and David, so it's not good enough just to go. They need to do well for not only themselves but for OLLU, and I know they will do just that."