NCAA Release | RPI Athletics on Twitter TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's cross country team was selected to participate in the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, qualifying as an at-large selection. This is the second straight year and third time in school history the Engineers have been chosen, having also run at the NCAAs in 2009. The RPI men earned an automatic qualification on Saturday.