Jackson Wilson is the 2023 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Athlete of the Year. Wilson, a senior from Box Elder, South Dakota, won the men’s individual title at the 2023 NAIA Cross Country Championships in Vancouver, Washington. Wilson stormed to the lead in the last kilometer of the 8k race to win by 9.1 seconds in 24:31.8. Earlier this season, he won the Frontier Conference Cross Country Championships 8k in 24:51.8, NAIA Great Lakes Challenge 8k in 24:37.2 and Yellowjackets/Battlin’ Bears Open 8k 24:17.0.