Blue Raider Men Finish 31st at NCAA Championships

Saturday, November 23

Terre Haute, IN

11:00 AM

Middle Tennessee

NCAA Championships

11/23/2019 4:37:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, BRAA, Track & Field/Cross Country

Men's Results

By: @MTAthletics

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – After a successful season full of program high rankings and several first place finishes, the Blue Raider men's cross country team finished 31^st overall at the NCAA Championships Saturday afternoon.

With the weather conditions being 35 degrees and rainy, senior Jacob Choge made it to the finish line first for the Blue Raiders, finishing 137^th overall and a total time of 32:16.0. Senior Kigen Chemadi was second to finish for Middle Tennessee, coming in at 171^st and a time of 32:35.3. Both Choge and Chemadi went into the Championships ranked at No.8 and No. 9 in the country, and the team as a whole No. 13, the highest in program history.

The men finished first in the four regular season races it competed in, as well as the Conference USA Championships when both the Blue Raider men and women took home titles. They also came in second at the NCAA South Region Championship, sending them straight to the NCAA Championships. Choge and Chemadi have led the team all season and have been very successful, along with fellow teammates Hillary Kimaiyo, Thobile Mosito, Titus Lagat, Brian Rono and Nathan Mack, who all competed at the Championships on Saturday.

Men's Results
137	Jacob Choge	32:16.0
171	Kigen Chemadi	32:35.3
232	Hillary Kimaiyo	34:04.0
245	Thobile Mosito	35:37.0
246	Titus Lagat	35:50.4
247	Brian Rono	35:57.4
249	Nathan Mack	36:52.4