There'll be no waiting on ratings.
Oklahoma Baptist University's Bison and Lady Bison cross country teams gained the automatic berths to the NAIA National Meet by winning both races Saturday at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
Without the win, the 19th-ranked Lady Bison would have had to await the final national ranking to determine their fate.
"No waiting," Mastin said. "All the girls ran well today. Everyone's happy we're going to nationals. We were really hard for this and we really had some good times."
OBU freshman Lauren Watson held off Kate Hudgens of Oklahoma Christian to win the individual title in 18:35, five second ahead of Hudgens.
OBU finished with 37 points in the region portion of the meet, followed by No. 14 Wayland Baptist at 52, Oklahoma Christian 68, Northwood 105, Southern Nazarene 127, College of the Southwest 177, Lubbock Christian 185, Langston 227, Huston-Tillotson 237 and St. Gregory's 252.
The Lady Bison benefited from the first performance of the year by Kyta Willets. Willets, who has worked to recover from Morton's Foot, placed fourth overall in 18:49.
"That is a good testament to the elliptical machine," Mastin said. "It kept her in shape all this time until she was ready to compete. She worked hard to get back."
Kyli Bean finished eighth in 18:59, Katy Rader was 11th in 19:40 and Becca Murdock was 13th in 19:31 to round out the scoring five. Also for the Lady Bison, Natalie Pedersen was 17th in 19:46 and Sarah Reihart was 23rd in 20:14.
The men's team held off Wayland Baptist, finishing with 38 points to WBU's 46. Oklahoma Christian was third at 56, followed by Northwood at 105, SNU at 123, Southwest at 150, Lubbock Christian at 206 and St. Gregory's at 229.
WBU's Felix Kiboiywo won the meet in 24:35, but OBU's Theron Stoltzfus broke up the Pioneer's Kenyan contingent, finishing second at 25:08.
Tyler Tyndell was fifth in 25:33, Michael Elizondo was seventh in 26:01 and Lance Goodwin was the fourth Bison in eighth at 26:06.
The difference came in both Baptist schools' fifth man. While Josiah White of OBU finished 16th at 26:53; WBU's Ryan Hall was in 23rd. White's finish and Stoltzfus' strong move into second kept the Pioneers at bay.
OBU's team time was 12 seconds better than Wayland's.
Also for the Bison, Jacob Wright was 19th at 27:04 and Justin Stroup was 26th at 27:50.
In the Sooner Athletic Conference standings, OBU won the women's race with 33 points, followed by Wayland Baptist with 47, Oklahoma Christian at 55, Southern Nazarene at 103, Lubbock Christian at 140 and SGU at 173.
Watson, Willets, Bean and Rader were All-Conference, with Murdock and Pedersen earning Honorable Mention status.
The Bison won the SAC title with 37 points, followed by WBU at 42, OC at 53, SNU at 99, LCU at 151 and St. Gregory's at 169.
Stoltzfus, Tyndell, Elizondo and Goodwin were All-Conference with White earning honorable mention.
The national meet will be Saturday, Nov. 18, in Louisville, Ky.