Results
The Saints men's cross country team finished as the runner-up at the WHAC Championships. The team won the WHAC Championship in 2018 after winning five consecutive titles from 2011 to 2015. This year, the meet took place at Allendale High School in Allendale, Michigan due to inclement weather at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids.
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Aquinas finished second out of ten teams at the meet which included UM-Dearborn who received votes in the latest NAIA rankings. AQ had a score of 77 and was three points ahead of Indiana Tech who had 80 points. Cornerstone won the WHAC Championship with a team score of 61.
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The Saints top four runners finished in the Top-20.
Gannon Foley was the top runner for the team with an eighth-place time of 26:09.
Nick MacGeorge was 13th crossing the line in 26:21.
Ben Hylen came in 16th-place with a finishing time of 26:37. Jacob Fair had a time of 26:49 and was 19th overall.
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Matt Fosdick was just behind the top-20 with a 21st-place time of 26:52. He was named a WHAC Champion of Character after the meet.
Andrew Ireland finished in 23rd-place crossing the line in 27:01.
Robbie Morse crossed the finish line in 27:16 and claimed 29th-place.
Kenny Stalzer came in 37th-place with a time of 27:35.
Clayton Jones was one spot behind him with a time of 27:37.
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Grayson Harding finished in 42nd-place crossing the line in 27:50.
Connor McGee came in 46th-place with a time of 28:12 to round out the Saints in the top-50.
Brendan Shannahan (28:51),
Nathan Maurer (29:05) and
Will Libs finished 59th, 69th and 79th respectively.
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Head Coach
Mike Wojciakowski was named a WHAC Champion of Character.
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The men's team still has a chance for an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championships on Friday, November 22nd at Fort Vancouver, Washington. The men's race is scheduled for 1:30 PM EST. Keep checking aqsaints.com for updates.