Men's XC Qualifies for Nationals

The KCC men's cross country team entered their second race of the season against a small race field but a powerhouse field (NCAA DII, NAIA ranked, and NCAA DIII ranked teams in the field).  The Bruins had 6 of 9 runners improved their time form their last race, qualifying for the NJCAA National Championship as a team in this race. 

Several personal records (PRs) were found on the course. Freshman Carter Stevens (Galesburg-Augusta HS), Freshman Ezra McCarty (Battle Creek Lakeview HS), and Freshman Adrian Sanglyen (Battle Creek Lakeview HS) all clocked PRs in the race. 2024 All-American sophomore Julian Borst (Loy Norrix HS) led the Bruins with a time of 27:29. Freshman Jonah Bills (Battle Creek Lakeview HS) finished his first race of the season with a NJCAA National Championship Qualifying time of 28:49. The men qualified for the NJCAA National Championship as a team in this race. 

Times:

• Julian Borst – 27:29 (32^nd /88)
• Jonah Bills – 28:49 (49^th /88)
• Carter Stevens – 30:12 (66^th /88)
• Carson Lenzinger – 30:50 (72^nd / 88)
• Elliot Ormsby – 34:09 (83^rd /88)
• Ezra McCarty – 35:50 (86^th /88)
• Adrian Sanglyen – 37:27 (87^th /88)
• Cameron McKee – 39:14 (88^th /88)

Up next, the Bruins travel to SW Michigan on September 26 for their MCCAA West league meet.