JOPLIN, MO – The postseason for the University of Mary men's cross country team continues in Missouri at the NCAA Central Region Championship. The men's 10k starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course. Missouri Southern State University is hosting the meet.
The seven athletes making the trip to Missouri are freshmen
Gavin Artner,
Lance Bradley,
Gideon Hammah,
Kaden Mattson, sophomore
Andrew Scheer, and juniors
Raine Skjod and
Caleb Hansen. The field consists of just over 200 athletes.
LAST TIME OUT
UMary made great strides at the NSIC Championships, placing 4
th as a team, two spots higher than last season.
Caleb Hansen (7
th),
Andrew Scheer (15
th), and
Gideon Hammah (19
th) were all named All-Conference to round out the scoring. The conference championships took place two weeks ago on Oct. 26.
LOOKING BACK
The Marauders hope to continue the trend of building upon last year's results tomorrow. Last season, UMary placed 20
th out of 29 teams at the Central Region Championship.
Caleb Hansen stood out with a 23
rd place finish individually, earning him All-Region honors.
SHARED SUCCESS
Three different Marauders have led the team's results this season.
Andrew Scheer was the team's top finisher at the Marauders Invite, freshman
Gideon Hammah was the overall winner of the Marauders Open, and
Caleb Hansen was the team's leader at the Roy Griak Invitational, SDSU Classic, and NSIC Championships. The mix of leaders is a great sign of growth from a 14-member program that had 6 athletes last season.
Live results can be found here.
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