Season Milestones

• The Columbia College men's cross country team captured their second consecutive American Midwest Conference (AMC) Championship (ninth overall), sweeping the top 11 spots.
• With the conference title, the Cougars earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. Columbia finished 31st of 36 teams.
• Two-time All-American Kalieb Redda led the Cougars at the National Championships with a time of 24:52.1, finishing 17th of 323 runners.
• Ten runners were named to the All-Conference Team.

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Awards

• Academic All-AMC
  • Ryan Brown, Will Cherrington, Conner Diaz, Laik Graham, Nick Hunkins, Mark Noble, Kalieb Redda, Max Stephan
• AMC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
  • Kalieb Redda (Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Oct. 27)
  • Gauge MacGregor (Oct. 13)
• NAIA Runner of the Week
  • Kalieb Redda (Oct. 29)

• AMC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year
  • Kalieb Redda
• AMC Newcomer of the Year
  • Marcos Lara
• AMC Freshman of the Year
  • Liam Lyon
• NAIA All-American
  • Kalieb Redda, 17th place

• All-Conference Team
  •  Gauge MacGregor, Marcos Lara, Malo Helion, Ryan Brown, Laik Graham, Max Stephan, TJ Evans, Liam Lyon, and Dryst Bostick 
• Coaching Staff of the Year
  • Brennan Cape, Mason McCaleb, Ryan Bontz
• AMC Champions of Character Team
  • Ryan Brown
• Daktronics NAIA Cross Country Scholar-Athletes
  • Kalieb Redda, Laik Graham, Nick Hunkins, Will Cherrington

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Team Leaders

• Program Best 8K Times
  • 1. Kalieb Redda - 24:19.4 - Blazing Tiger Classic
  • 3. Kalieb Redda - 24:52.1 - NAIA Cross Country Championships
  • 4. Kalieb Redda - 24:54.1 - Gans Creek Classic
  • 5. Will Cherrington - 24:59.8 - Blazing Tiger Classic