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Back on our home course🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Cross Country hosts the Griffon Open this Saturday for its final tune-up before the MIAA Championships!

🏃‍♀️ Women's 5K | 10 AM
🏃‍♂️ Men's 8K | 10:45 AM

#GriffUp🦅🦁

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Griffon Cross Country is hosting a meet this weekend and you don't want to miss it! Get out to the course at the John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie and support your fellow Griffons 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

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I’m so beyond excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Missouri Western State University! Thank You, Jesus, for giving me the ability to do what I love. Thank you to my parents for sacrificing their time to take me around the world to pursue my dream and for their endless support and love through it all. I’m so incredibly grateful for all my coaches, friends, and teammates who have helped me become the athlete I am today! Lastly, thank you to Coach Gosewisch and Coach Jana for this opportunity and for believing in me! Go Griffs!

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Halfway through the season. Grateful for the growth, prepared for what’s next. ⏰🤞🏾

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𝙏𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 😏

Check out this week's athlete spotlights to gain some insight into the training of these 4️⃣ MIAA student-athletes and how their season is currently going. ⏬

⚽ Washburn's Leah Henke
🏈 Pittsburg State's Tyler Antle
🏐 Northeastern State's Cailey Grinstead
🏃 Missouri Western's Aidan Jumper

#BringYourAGame

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Fast on the track, faster to sell out 🏃💨

@jenna.oneillll NIL merch just dropped—grab yours now!

LINK IN BIO ⬆️💯#influxer

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Pre-Nationals in the books🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Pau Valderrama led the way with a seventh-place finish (24:20.3), while Hemistone Cheruiyot placed 20th (24:54.9) to help the Griffon men secure 10th place with 244 points!

On the women's side, Jade Wickwire led MoWest with a time of 23:47.1, followed by Magdalena Jakubowska (24:02.4), as the Griffons finished 17th with 485 points.

Back home Saturday, Oct. 24, to host the Griffon Open in St. Joseph, with the women's 5K starting at 10 AM, followed by the men's 8K at 10:45 AM!

#GriffUp🦅🦁
📷Gene Cassell

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Race Day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

A big test awaits as we take on Pre-Nationals at Rim Rock Farm.

📍 Lawrence, Kan.
⏰ Men's 8K at 9:30 a.m. | Women's 6K at 10:15 a.m.
🏟️ Rim Rock Farm
🔗 Coverage link in the comments

#GriffUp🦅🦁

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Pre-Nationals up next🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Cross Country heads to Lawrence, Kansas, on Sunday to compete at Pre-Nationals on the 2026 NCAA Division II National Championships course at Rim Rock Farm!

🏃‍♂️ Men's 8K | 9:30 AM
🏃‍♀️ Women's 6K | 10:15 AM

MoWest enters the meet following a strong showing at the Chile Pepper Festival, highlighted by Pau Valderrama's individual victory and a third-place team finish from the Griffon women.

"It's an exciting opportunity to preview the national course while getting eyes on regional and national competition," said Head Coach Sean Gosewisch. "It will be a good test."

#GriffUp🦅🦁

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Beyond the 🔔:

Pau Valderrama bested 271 other runners and 13 NCAA D1 schools to win the 38th Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.

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the course was hot at the chile pepper festival 🔥🌶️

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A big day in Fayetteville🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Pau Valderrama captured the McDonnell Memorial 8K title with a time of 24:02.8, earning his second individual race victory at MoWest. Hemistone Cheruiyot added a top-25 finish as the Griffon men placed sixth at the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival.

The Griffon women put together a strong performance in the Prairie Fire Pepper 5K, finishing third out of 27 teams. Magdalena Jakubowska led the way in 12th with a time of 18:46.7, while Laila Munoz finished 23rd.

🌶️ Men: 6th
🌶️ Women: 3rd
🥇 Valderrama: 1st

Griffon Cross Country heads to Lawrence, Kansas, for the NCAA Pre-Nationals on Sunday, Oct. 11 at Rim Rock Farm.

#GriffUp 🦅🦁

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