WHAC teams finish in Top 30 at Men's Cross Country Nationals

VANCOUVER, Wash. - (NAIA Release) - Cornerstone, Aquinas, and UM-Dearborn placed in the top 30 teams at the 2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championships at Fort Vancouver National Historic Championship Course. The Golden Eagles finished 15th with a score of 360 behind All-American's Luke Pohl fourth-place run. Aquinas finished 25th with a team total of 685 and the Wolverines were 30th in their first-ever trip to nationals with a score of 813. In addition to the three teams, Jake Willison of Indiana Tech and Conner Uppleger of Lawrence Tech finished 168th and 321st, respectively.

Milligan won the team title with a score of 115. Oklahoma City's Zouhair Talbi was the individual winner with at time of 24:43.1.

TEAM RESULTS

15. Cornerstone, 360
4. Luke Pohl, 25:09.7 (All-American)
69. Luke Koopman, 26:26.7
86. Colten Covington, 26:39.4
124. Grant Gayan, 26:58.4
144. Jamin Thompson, 27:07.2
173. Carter VanderMeer 27:21.3
250. Nate Vruggink, 28:07.7

25. Aquinas, 685
79. Ben Hylen, 26:43
147. Clayton Jones, 27:08.1
148. Connor Clemens, 27:08.3
217. Will Finch, 27:44.2
253. Ethan Barker, 28:08.8
275. Caleb Hodgkinson, 28:25.4
305. Matt Schieber, 29:25.6

30. UM-Dearborn 813
84. Ryan Exell, 26:37.1
158. Jorden Sowash, 27:13.2
257. Joshua Mussen, 28:12.1
258. Andrew Kohn, 29:12.8
285. Joe Seibert, 28:30.4
297. Joshua Williams, 28:50.2

INDIVIDUAL RUNNERS

168. Jake Willison, Indiana Tech, 27:18.7
321. Conner Uppleger, Lawrence Tech, 31:08.9