With a time of 22:26, Michelle Matter finished 16th out of 276 runners at Saturday's NCAA Regional Meet, helping Ripon to a 23rd place finish out of 44 teams and earning a trip to next weekend's NCAA National Meet. That makes her just the fourth Ripon cross country runner to qualify for Nationals and first since 2006. Matter is one of just 56 individual athletes to qualify for this year's National Meet, as the 5th of 7 individual qualifiers out of the Midwest Region.ter qualified out of the Midwest Region (Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri) as the 5th out of 7 individual qualifiers.
 just 56 individual athletes qualify at the meet. Matter qualified out of the Midwest Region (Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri) as the 5th out of 7 individual qualifiers.
 just 56 individual athletes qualify at the meet. Matter qualified out of the Midwest Region (Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri) as the 5th out of 7 individual qualifiers.
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