KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Following an all-conference performance at the Crossroads League Championships, freshman Andrea Pfau of the University of Saint Francis (Ind.) women's cross country team has qualified for the 2025 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship. 

Team Qualifiers | Individual Qualifiers | Championship Information

Last year's national champion, The Master's (Calif.), is in the field as an automatic qualifier from the Great Southwest Conference, along with last season's individual champion, Jaynie Halterman, running for top-ranked Taylor (Ind.), as the Trojans earned the automatic bid from the Crossroads League.

Among the qualifying teams, 24 collected automatic bids through conference qualification, and 12 at-large selections were determined by the final edition of the 2025 NAIA Women's Cross Country Top 25 Coaches' Rating, reviewed by the rating's Oversight Committee. 84 Individual Qualifiers also made the field, based on scoring finishes in conference meets. 

The 46th annual NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship will take place on Friday, November 21, at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The women's race is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Awards will air at approximately 11 a.m. The championship will air on NAIA Network and Urban Edge Network, with links, including URLs, mobile apps, and smart TV information, at NAIA.org/watch. 

Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs through the College of Health Sciences and the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point, Lafayette and online. Saint Francis Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. The University of Saint Francis, recognized as an NAIA Five-Star Champion of Character institution, has 21 athletic programs boasting two individual and four team NAIA national championships. More than 1,900 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.