COLUMBIA, Mo. - Indiana Wesleyan men's cross country ran their way to a 5th place finish in the 8K race on Friday at the NAIA National Championships. Eli Fullerton highlighted the race with an All-American finish for the Wildcats. Fullerton finished 7th overall with a PR time of 23:58.0. This marks Fullerton's second All-American honor of this career and is the first IWU runner in program history to break 24:00 in an 8K race.


 

WILDCAT TOP-7

• FULL RESULTS
• 7 - Eli Fullerton - 23:58.0
• 58 - Josh Bainbridge - 24:54.2
• 63 - Braden Vernot - 24:56.0
• 72 - Ben Neideck - 24:58.7
• 110 - Trenton Sweet - 25:14.5
• 138 - Braden Sweet - 25:25.0
• 193 - Hunter Wasnich - 25:44.8

TOP-5 TEAMS

• 1 - College of Idaho - 87 - 6-10-11-21-39-(81)-(166)
• 2 - Milligan (Tenn.) - 96 - 5-12-22-24-33-(70)-(151)
• 3 - Univ. of the Cumberlands (Ky.) - 155 - 3-9-38-44-61-(154)-(167)
• 4 - The Master's (Calif.) - 189 - 4-19-48-51-67-(76)-(77)
• 5 - Indiana Wesleyan - 253 - 7-47-52-58-89-(108)-(148)

BEILER PERSPECTIVE

• "The men had a phenomenal year," said Head Coach Brody Beiler. "Our eyes have been fixed on the race since June, and they capitalized big time today. They ran with their heads the first 2k, trusted their legs between 2-5k, and finished with their hearts. I couldn't be more proud of the way they represented IWU, one another, and the Lord. Eli Fullerton had an incredible season, and he finished the year with a new program record in the 8k and the first IWU runner to ever break 24:00 in an 8k."

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