VANCOUVER, Wash. – Rocky Mountain College finished in 13th at the 2019 NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship. It is the highest finish for the team in school history according to available records.
Rocky earned 365 points in the 8K race and placed in 13th among the 37 teams competing on Friday.
The Battlin' Bears were led by
Jackson Duffey and
Isaac Petsch. Finishing within a second of one another, Duffey took 50th on a time of 25:54.3 while Petsch finished in 51st on a time of 25:55.2.
Elijah Boyd placed in 72nd on a time of 26:09.1 while teammate
Jackson Wilson finished nearby in 74th on a time of 26:10.2.
George Beddow took 190th on a time of 27:04.7.
Joseph Vanden Bos finished in 253rd on a time of 27:46.2 while
Keegan Council took 275th after running a time of 28:06.1.
The Frontier Conference's Lewis-Clark State finished in third place with 187 points as Cole Olsen took fourth individually on a time of 24:55.9
Oklahoma City University earned the 2019 national title after finishing in first with a team score of 110. It is the fifth year that the program has won the national title. The Stars' Mark Shaw was named the individual champion with the top time of 24:39.5.
