Warsaw, IN – the Lady Cat and Bobcat cross country teams traveled to Indiana for the NCCAA National Championship, wrapping up their season as a team.

The Lady Cats finished in 6th place out of 11 competing teams in the 5k, with a total time of 1:43:23. Rebecca Loya led the Lady Cats with a 19th place finish at 20:06.3. Trinity Sadosky followed with a finishing time of 20:33.4. Sarah Alferink and Keena Goze trailed closely with respective times of 20:45.0 and 20:51.4. Emillie Zylstra finished in 21:07.3. Tia Bethards and Gracie Gatton finished within three seconds of each other, with Tia finishing in 22:24.4 and Gracie in 22:27.4. Aryssa Speights (23:01.8) and Gracie Vestal (23:06.6) finished out the Lady Cats’ run.

The Bobcats ran a total time of 2:23:05 in the men’s 8k to finish in 8th place out of 11 teams. Tanner Bailey took 10th place with a time of 26:02.7, and Jack Lawson followed in 28:18.9. Drew Rose (29:22.4), Alex Frizzell (29:32.6), and Eric Burns (29:49.3) all finished in less than 30 minutes. Caleb Fewin finished in 30:23.5, while Brady Rose and Cooper Miller followed with times of 32:45.0 and 33:13.5, respectively. Bailey Garnered All-American Honors for the third consecutive time.

Rebecca Loya and Tanner Bailey will be competing in the NAIA National Championship on Friday, November 22, taking place in Columbia, Missouri.