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On Saturday, November 3 Graceland University played host to the Region V Cross Country Championships. The sun was in attendance creating excellent course conditions for the event. Although battling injuries to key runners, the Yellowjackets fought hard in the last meet of the season. The Men’s team finished 7th overall in the region while the Women’s team finished in 8th place. Individual results to follow.

The men’s and women’s cross country teams were in Olathe, KS Saturday morning for the HAAC championships. On an unseasonably warm and windy day, Graceland would fair decently in the event. The men would finish in 5th place overall, the women coming in 7th. Following the event, Head Coach Kent Allshouse had this to say, “This was not our best race of the year. That being said, we are really fighting with injuries right now and need to get healthy. We'll take the next two weeks to do this and prepare for the region V championship November 3rd." Graceland has the honor this year of hosting the event on their newly constructed course. Check for full stats on the cross country schedule page.

A dinged up Graceland cross country team was in Winfield, Kansas Saturday for the annual Mid-States Championship. Between all the injuries, the wind, and the mix up at the start of the women’s race, it wasn’t a bad day. The women had a rough go of it to start out Saturday, being forced to run almost a race and a half. After the first mile of their race was completed, the lead car took the runners on a wrong turn. About forty racers ended up running the course improperly. The decision was made to stop the race, let the men run, and then start the women all over. Needless to say this hampered an already injured team. In the end, the men ended up finishing in 13th place overall and the women ended up finishing 19th. The runners will now prepare for the very important HAAC Championships this coming Saturday (October 20th) in Olathe, KS. Full stats can be found on the Cross Country schedule page.

The cross country team was in action Saturday morning on a warm and windy day in Kenosha, Wisconsin. After a tiring trip north, both the men’s and the women’s teams would run a very strong race on what would prove to be a very tough hilly course. Following the race, Coach Allshouse said, “The conditions were not ideal today even though it was really warm. We ran well, I’m very proud of our kids.” The men’s team finished in 1st place for the second straight week, scoring 16 pts only one point from a perfect score. The women finished 6th on the day with 151 points. Coach Allshouse and his cross country squads will be back in action next Saturday in the Mid States Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

Lamoni, IA. – The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams were in action Saturday for a duel meet with Indian Hills Community College. Both of the Jacket teams would come out with victories on a warm and very windy day. On the men's side, freshman Neil Grundman won the race with a time of 26:23.15. Martin Clay finished second, and Ben Vink and Heath Brown finished third and fourth. On the ladies side, Lauren Jones of IHCC won the race Emslie Allison of Graceland finished second, and the Jackets would also claim spots four through seven to give them the win.  Cross Country teams next compete next Saturday at a sight TBD.