To compete in each competition, 32 teams were chosen. For a total of 10 teams, the best seven-person team from each of the 10 areas automatically qualified. Twenty-two more teams were chosen randomly.
To compete in each competition, 70 people were chosen, the first seven student-athletes from each area who are not on a qualifying team. The finals will be at Forest Akers East Golf Course on the Michigan State University campus in Lansing, Michigan, on November 19 as a collaboration between Olivet College and the Greater Lansing Sports Authority. At 11 a.m. Eastern, the women’s race will get underway, and at 12 p.m. Eastern, the men’s race.