1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country – National Championship Results

Orginally posted on NAIA website.

42nd Annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships
November 15, 1997
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis.
11:45 a.m. (Central)

Recap:
Lubbock Christian University (Texas) captured its eighth consecutive men’s team title as the Chaparrals placed all seven runners in the top 30 of the field, each earning All-American honors. Daniel Kibungei led the way for Lubbock Christian placing third with a time of 26:16, 23 seconds off of the pace of the champion. Chap teammates Gabirel Rop and Marcos Morillon finished sixth and eighth, respectively.

Sammy Nyamongo, a sophomore from Life University (Ga.), collected the men’s individual honors with a time of 25:53. Nyamongo, who finished in third place in 1996, led the pack most of the eight-kilometer race and finished ten seconds ahead of teammate Silah Misoi who was attempting to defend his individual crown from a year ago.

Danny Wilcoxson, coach of Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.), was the 1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. Wilcoxson guided the Blue Raiders to a third-place finish this year, improving on a 17th-place finish a year ago.

Results:

* top thirty individuals were named NAIA All-Americans.

Click here for complete results.

Qualification:
Here is the 36-team field for the 1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships. Conference/section champions are listed first alphabetically by conference. Listed after the conference/section champions are the at-large qulifiers into this year’s race.

Cascade Collegiate Conference: Eastern Oregon University
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference: Illinois Institute of Technology
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Voorhees College (S.C.)
Far West Region: Holy Names College (Calif.)
Florida Sun Conference: Webber College (Fla.)
Georgia Athletic Conference: Shorter College (Ga.)
Golden State Athletic Conference: Westmont College (Calif.)
Great Plains Region: Jamestown College (N.D.)
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference: University of Mobile (Ala.)
Heart of America Athletic Conference: Lindenwood College (Mo.)
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference: Southwestern College (Kan.)
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)
Keystone-Empire Collegiate Conference: Roberts Wesleyan College (N.Y.)
Mid-Central College Conference: Taylor University (Ind.)
Mid-Ohio Conference: Malone College (Ohio)
Mid-South Region: Life University (Ga.)
Midwest Region: McKendree College (Ill.)
Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference: Dana College (Neb.)
Northeast Region: Johnson State College (Vt.)
Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges: Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.)
Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference: Western Washington University
Sooner Athletic Conference: Lubbock Christian University (Texas)
South Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference: University of Sioux Falls (S.D.)
Southwest Region: Northwood University (Texas)
TranSouth Athletic Conference: Berry College (Ga.)
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference: Aquinas College (Mich.)

At-Large Berths (listed alphabetically):
Biola University (Calif.)
Cedarville College (Ohio)
Concordia College (Neb.)
Cumberland College (Ky.)
Doane College (Neb.)
Indiana Wesleyan University
Linfield College (Ore.)
University of Puget Sound (Wash.)
Siena Heights College (Mich.)
Simon Fraser University (B.C.)

1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Final Top 25

1997 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Championship Information

News Release: Cross Country Races Toward a Champion

1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country All-America Scholar-Athletes

For more information on the 1997 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships contact Dave Wester of the NAIA Department of Sports Information.