TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Columbia College men's cross country team competed at the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Men's and Women's Cross Country National Championships Friday morning at Apalachee Regional Park. The Cougar men competed in the 8k event, placing 31st out of 37 teams. 

Junior, Kalieb Redda was Columbia's top runner, earning NAIA All-American honors placing 17th in the field of 323. His 24:52.1 finish marked the highest placement of his career at an NAIA Championship race and the third-best 8k time in program history. 

Malo Helion and Marcos Lara both made their NAIA Championships debut. Helion finished with a time of 26:39.3 and Lara crossed at a time of 26:45.2. 

Columbia Order of Finish: 
17. Kalieb Redda - 24:52.1
200.  Malo Helion - 26:39.3
212. Marcos Lara - 26:45.2
242. Ryan Brown - 27:06.7
249. Gauge MacGregor - 27:12.1
280. TJ Evans - 27:59.6
286. Laik Graham - 28:11.8 

Team Finishes: 
1. Indiana Wesleyan 
2. The Master's (Calif.)
3. Cumberlands (Ky.)
4. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
5. Taylor (Ind.)
6. Southern Oregon 
7. Eastern Oregon 
8. Milligan (Tenn.)
9. Trinity Western (Canada)
10. St. Mary (Kan.)
11. Madonna (Mich.)
12. Indiana East 
13. Corban (Ore.)
14. College of Idaho 
15. Marian (Ind.)
16. Carroll (Mont.)
17. Embry-Riddle Arizona 
18. Goshen (Ind.)
19. Rio Grande (Iowa)
20. Doane (Neb.)
21. Montreat (N.C.)
22. Spring Arbor (Mich.)
23. St. Francis (Ill.)
24. Haskell Indian (Kan.)
25. Park (Mo.)
26. Aquinas (Mich.)
27. Kansas Wesleyan 
28. Oklahoma City 
29. Cornerstone (Mich.)
30. Ave Maria (Fla.)
31. Columbia (Mo.)
32. Mount Mercy (Iowa)
33. Benedictine (Kan.)
34. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
35. Mobile (Ala.)
36. Simpson (Calif.)
37. Wiley (Texas)