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Jesse Songo is your NAIA Great Lakes individual champion! Songo took down a stacked field to run the second fastest time EVER at Great Lakes with a 24:07🤯 Mehdi Nait-Hamoud was just behind in a 24:09, making him the third fastest athlete of all time on this course.

Madonna is creeping up as a national contender and dominated the field here. Madonna DEMOLISHED the former course record for team time, with previous record being set by IWU’s national championship team a year ago.

Who surprised you the most today? Let us know below ⬇️

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Regionals week is here and as always Great Lakes looks stacked 🔥 👀

This is the biggest NAIA meet of the year up until nationals and we have as strong of an individual and team race as we’ve seen in quite some time.

Who do you think will come out on top? Let us know below ⬇️

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Here are your trending teams from the past weekend of NAIA XC competition! Who did we miss? Let us know below ⬇️

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🚨UPSET ALERT 🚨

We might be seeing some shake ups in the top 10 ‼️👀

Madonna had their best race of the season so far. They took down Marian and IWU, winning the Ray Bullock Invitational in the process. 🥇

Madonna was aided by a 45 second spread, which was their best of the season.

Don’t sleep on Marian either, they had a HUGE day from Eli Balbach and cut down big time on their spread at the start of the year.

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Our 2nd edition of our NAIA Men’s team rankings are here ‼️👀

Cumberlands remains seated at #1, while Trinity Western, Goshen, Milligan and Madonna enter the top 10!

Who is too high ⬆️? Who is too low ⬇️? Let us know down below 👇

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🚨Lots of parity in the first NAIA XCTF Central men’s rankings for 2026 👀

Only three teams hold their spots from the preseason rankings ‼️

Who is too high ⬆️? Who is too low ⬇️? Let us know 👇

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HILL DAY 😈

Joined my jumpers workout today as we all start fall training to prepare for the 2027 season 💪🏾

Excited for this group this year. We’ve added some new faces and the work has begun for the CRU 💙💛
#jumps #training #hills #running #buildingchampions

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There’s a lot to be excited for this weekend as 6+ meets across the country will be hosting multiple NAIA Central nationally ranked teams and individuals.
What matchup are you most excited for and what upset do you predict?

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NAIA MEN’S XC: Trending Teams
(09.14.26 update)

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#fyp #viral #capcut #fyp🫡💪

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#fyp #viral #capcut let get some shit fone💪

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The wait is now over. We are now Introducing NAIA Centrals Official Preseason NAIA Top 25 Team Rankings! Beginning on the Men’s Side! Swipe to see where your team is ranked 🔥

Cumberlands is the big preseason favorite. They look to return three runners from the top 65 last year and pull in a phenomenal recruiting class. Luca Madeo puts them over the edge here, as a 4 time NAIA national champion.

Southern Oregon returns its entire 6th-place squad from a year ago, led by top-five finishers Mason Weisgerber and Carter Stedman. They return one more top 70 finisher and a stable of solid athletes to round out their top five. The addition of Andrew Rush gives them a strong third runner and a lot of fire power up front.

Indiana Wesleyan loses three scorers from their nations title team, but they could reload fast. 5k champ Trenton Sweet headlines a solid group of young returners, while IWU also brings in two of the top freshmen in the NAIA.

Milligan finished 8th last year without a top-40 finisher. 2x XC All-American Bryson Lewis headlines a solid group of returners that impressed in the spring. In addition Milligan brought in a solid recruiting class featuring some immediate contributors.

Goshen Hogan, Kogei, Kimaiyo, and Songo all have high end All-American potential. A big season from a 5th runner could help this team take the jump up from 18th.

Madonna was 11th last year and returns Mehdi Nait Hamoud plus two other top-90 finishers. Three recruits with 14:45-15:05 5K PRs give this team much needed depth to improve upon their 11th place finish.

UT Southern missed nationals last year but looks vastly improved. They have a high end returning duo in Villazon and Kipruto. They added two big time recruits, including Spencer Head.

Corban placed 13th a year ago and brings back a number of their top athletes from a year ago including front runner Jack Gladfelter. If Caleb Lakeman stays healthy and Carson Beurgy translates well to 8k this team has massive upside.

College of Idaho finished 14th and returns a deep group headlined by Antonnen and Ryan,. If their recruiting class adapts well to the 8K, they have a high ceiling.

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