McNeese State's Joshua Sawe and David Rooney  will compete in the NCAA cross country championship race in Terre Haute, IN on Monday.

The men's race will begin at 11:08 a.m.  central time at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute.  The women's race will follow at 11:58 a.m.

Both championship races will be telecast live over Versus Network and will also be streamed online via NCAA.com.

Sawe and Rooney are two of only three Southland Conference runners who qualified for the meet.  The other is Francis Kasagule of Lamar.

Sawe earned his berth in the meet with a fifth place finish in the south central regional while Rooney gained his with an eighth place finish.

This is the first time since the late 1970s that McNeese has had an athlete qualify for the NCAA cross country finals.  Back then David Kohrs and Pat O'Callaghan made it to the finals.

Sawe, Rooney and Burger named to all-regional team

McNeese State's Joshua Sawe, David Rooney and Tinette Burger were named to the South central all-regional team.

            The top 25 finishers are the regional meet were named to the squad for both men and women.