UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash.--Two Pacific West Conference teams and four additional runners will complete this Friday at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, which in 2022 is a part of the NCAA DII Fall Festival.

The Azusa Pacific men's team, the Biola women and individual runners Eline Pinter (APU), Benjamin White (Biola), Jared Wright (Dominican) and Bryan Banuelos (Fresno Pacific) will enjoy the festivities before toeing the starting line on Friday morning at Chambers Creek Regional Park, just outside of Tacoma.

The men's ten kilometer race will begin at 10 am and the women's six kilometer chase starts at 11:15 am. 

You can follow the men's and women's live stats here. NCAA DII Cross Country Championships (leonetiming.com). Click here to watch the races. NCAA Live Video Schedule | NCAA.com. The address for Chambers Creek Regional Park is 6320 Grandview Drive West, University Place, Wash., 98467.

The Azusa Pacific men qualified for the NCAA Championships by virtue of their third place finish at the West Region Championships. Biola's White also qualified by crossing the finish line fourth overall, as did Banuelos (fifth) and Wright (ninth). 

On the women's side, Biola was third on the team ladder to earn their spot. APU's Pinter crossed the line ninth overall to earn her ticket. 

Seattle Pacific University Athletics is the host of the NCAA DII Fall Festival. It takes place from Dec. 1-3 at four locations. Interbay Soccer Stadium hosts men's and women's soccer championships. Royal Brougham Pavilion hosts women's volleyball. Men's and women's cross country championships take place at Chambers Bay. Renton Memorial Stadium is the site for this year's men's field hockey championships.

Division II is the only NCAA division that conducts "National Championships Festivals," Olympic-style events in which a number of national championships are held at a single site over several days.