Senior Logan Lucas of the Culver-Stockton men's cross country team produced his personal NAIA national meet record time Friday morning at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course, hosted by Columbia (Mo.).  

The 69^th annual NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship featured a total of 326 runners in the 8-kilometer race and was run in cold, blustery conditions.

Lucas clocked a time of 26 minutes, 37.8 seconds to finish 270^th for the Wildcats.  He represented the Heart of America Athletic Conference as an individual national qualifier after placing fourth in the conference meet on Nov. 9 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Full Men's Results

In his only other appearance at the national cross country meet in 2022, Lucas finished 293rd with a time of 27:52.6 as a representative of Iowa Wesleyan University. 

The NAIA Cross Country National Championships officially concluded the 2024 season. The indoor track & field season officially opens on Dec. 6 at the Cornell Winter Classic in Mount Vernon, Iowa.