Cornerstone Three-Peats in Men's Cross Country

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - (Individual Results | Team Results) - Cornerstone outdistanced the rest of the field to win its third consecutive (fourth overall) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Men's Cross Country Championship at Donald Ross Golf Course. Colten Covington paced the Golden Eagles with a winning time of 25:07.6 for the 8K race and three more CU runners followed him across the finish line to claim the top four spots. CU also picked up the eighth place to finish with 18 points.

Colten's win moved Cornerstone to 11 all-time individual champions, the most in WHAC history. Aquinas came in second with 67 points led by Ben Hylen's fifth-place finish while UM-Dearborn rounded out the third with 81 points behind Ryan Exell's seventh-place run. Indiana Tech hosted the event for the first time in school history.

Final Team Standings
1. Cornerstone, 18
2. Aquinas, 67
3. UM-Dearborn, 81
4. Indiana Tech, 84
5. Lawrence Tech, 179
6. Madonna, 188
7. Cleary, 197
8. Siena Heights, 217
9. Rochester, 233
10. Lourdes, 258
11. Concordia, 350

WHAC Men's Cross Country All-Time Champions
1992: Tri-State
1993: Siena Heights
1994: Siena Heights
1995: Siena Heights
1996: Siena Heights
1997: Aquinas
1998: Siena Heights
1999: Siena Heights
2000: Aquinas
2001: Siena Heights
2002: Aquinas
2003: Aquinas
2004: Aquinas
2005: Aquinas
2006: Aquinas
2007: Aquinas
2008: Aquinas
2009: Cornerstone
2010: Siena Heights
2011: Aquinas
2012: Aquinas
2013: Aquinas
2014: Aquinas
2015: Aquinas
2016: Indiana Tech
2017: Indiana Tech
2018: Aquinas
2019: Cornerstone
2020: Cornerstone
2021: Cornerstone

WHAC Men's Cross Country All-Time Individual Medailst
1993: Matt Geha, Siena Heights (27:32)
1994: Ion Hallahan, Siena Heights (25:23)
1995: Matt Geha, Siena Heights (25:44)
1996: Matt Geha, Siena Heights (25:01)
1997: Ken Baginski, Aquinas (25:28)
1998: Ken Baginski, Aquinas (25:36)
1999: Matt Miller, Siena Heights (25:53)
2000: Ken Baginski, Aquinas (25:41)
2001: Matt Miller, Siena Heights (24:19)
2002: David Rotich, Spring Arbor (25:57.31)
2003: Preston Grey, Cornerstone (24:57.88)
2004: Leo Foley, Aquinas (25:43)
2005: Josh Miller, Aquinas (25:23)
2006: Derek Scott, Cornerstone (25:28.16)
2007: Derek Scott, Cornerstone (25:08)
2008: Chris Leikert, Aquinas (25:38)
2009: Zach Ripley, Cornerstone (25:52)
2010: Zach Ripley, Cornerstone (24:28)
2011: Devin Lea, Aquinas (25:51.5)
2012: Grant Gunneson, Aquinas (25:21.02)
2013: Louis Falland, Cornerstone (24:54.37)
2014: Louis Falland, Cornerstone (25:01.6)
2015: Jeff Cherry, Aquinas (25:22.5)
2016: Tony Floyd, Madonna (25:40.1)
2017: Colin De Young, Cornerstone (25:09)
2018: Colin De Young, Cornerstone (24:47.3)
2019: Tony Floyd, Madonna (24:50)
2020: Luke Pohl, Cornerstone (25:22.08)
2021: Colten Covington, Cornerstone (25:07.6)