MAC Men Finish 2022 Season As National Runner-Up

The Mineral Area College Cross Country teams finished the 2022 season with competition at the NJCAA Division III National Championships in Westfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, November 5^th. Both teams brought home National Runner-Up trophies to complete a fantastic season for both squads.  The Mineral Area men ran into a strong DuPage College team, finishing second behind them but closing out the race fast enough to hold off defending National Champion Joliet College who placed third.  Freshman Bradley Ahrens placed  2^nd overall in a nice race to win First team All-American honors, with Sophomore Devin St. Clair winning his second XC All-American award coming in 14^th.  Freshmen Elijah Myers (24^th), Will Pierce (28^th). And Nathan St. Clair (32^nd) finished out the team effort for the MAC men.  Over 30 Division III junior colleges were represented at the National meet, with 93 women and 157 men finishing the races. Complete results for the MAC teams as well as the overall results link were:

Men    8 kilometers (4.97 miles)                                          

Bradley Ahrens-2^nd- 26:52                                                          

Devin St. Clair-14^th- 27:45                                                     

Elijah Myers-24^th-28:14                                                         

Will Pierce-28^th- 28:36                                                           

Nathan St. Clair-32^nd- 28:44                                                  

Lucas Smith- 40^th- 29:17                                                        

Grayson Knernschield- 54^th- 30:06                                        

Overall results at: http://www.ic4atrack.com/

After some recovery time from the XC season, the Running Cardinals will be back to training for the upcoming Track season.