Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Assistant Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa — The 2019 Midwest Conference (MWC) Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, November 2 at the Oak Run Public Golf Course in Dahinda, Illinois.
 
Knox College will be this year’s host as all ten MWC institutions will compete for the MWC Cross Country Championship crown. The men will run the 8-kilometer course at 11:00 a.m. and the women will run the 6-kilometer course at 12:00 p.m.
 
Entering the Conference Championship for the men, Grinnell College junior Matt Lieberman has the league’s fastest 8K time this season with Lawrence University senior Joe Kortenhof just a half second behind in second place. Ranked third, fourth, and fifth to round out this season’s fastest times are Cornell College sophomore Aaron Davidson, Monmouth College junior Griff Morrill and Lake Forest College senior Philip Wilson.
 
On the women’s side, St. Norbert College spent three weeks ranked in the top ten regionally by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association. In the Midwest Region the Green Knights kicked off week one ranked fifth, week two ranked seventh and finally tenth in week three.
 
Leading the league with the fastest 6K time headed into the championship is Lake Forest College junior Yaneli Guajardo with Grinnell College senior Mikayla Fujiwara just 0.06 seconds behind in second place. Rounding out the top five are Lake Forest College freshman Madeline Morland in third, Beloit College senior Frances Knaggs in fourth and Grinnell College sophomore Emma Schaefer in fifth.
 
For more information on this year’s championship meet, visit the 2019 MWC Cross Country Championship pages – Men | Women.
 
A recap of the 2018 Championship Results can be found below:
 
2018 MWC Cross Country Championship Results – Men (Team Overall)

1. Cornell College – 36 points
2. Grinnell College – 74 points
3. Lake Forest College – 96 points
4. Monmouth College – 104 points
5. Lawrence University – 115 points
6. St. Norbert College – 147 points
7. Ripon College – 172 points
8. Beloit College – 189 points
9. Knox College – 290 points
10. Illinois College – 290 points

2018 MWC Cross Country Championship Results – Men
(Individual Overall – Top Ten)   *Graduated

1. Josh Janusiak* – Lawrence University, 24:49.3
2. Mason Wicker* – Cornell College, 24:51.3
3. Jorge Villanueva* – Lake Forest, 25:18.5
4. Cuyler Gabriel* – Cornell College, 25:29.7
5. Austin Bach* – Cornell College, 25:40.0
6. Caleb Wilson* – Cornell College, 25:42.7
7. Gray Streetman* – Grinnell College, 25:47.1
8. Joe Kortenhof – Lawrence University, 25:47.6
9. Daniel Arkes* – Beloit College, 26:03.7
10. Phillip Wilson – Lake Forest College, 26:09.3

           
2018 MWC Cross Country Championship Results – Women (Team Overall)

1. St. Norbert College – 36 points
2. Monmouth College – 62 points
3. Grinnell College – 79 points
4. Cornell College – 113 points
5. Lake Forest College – 168 points
6. Lawrence University – 171 points
7. Ripon College – 172 points
8. Beloit College – 178 points
9. Knox College – 212 points

2018 MWC Cross Country Championship Results – Women
(Individual Overall – Top Ten) *Graduated

1. Graceanne Tarsa* – St. Norbert College, 22:48.9
2. Yaneli Guajardo – Lake Forest College, 22:59.8
3. Mikayla Fujiwara – Grinnell College, 23:01.1
4. Dominique Fleming* – Cornell College, 23:06.2
5. Gretchen Price* – St. Norbert College, 23:09.0
6. Abby Janto – St. Norbert College, 23:24.4
7. Jessica Salinas* – Monmouth College, 23:28.7
8. Allison Cottrell – Grinnell College, 23:31.6
9. Iris Berto – Knox College, 23:35.4
10. Natalia Bobak* – Monmouth College, 23:42.6