Men's 10K Results (PDF)
Women's 6K Results (PDF)
JOPLIN, Mo. – Great Midwest Athletic Conference champions Benjamin Tuttle (Cedarville) and Caroline Hampton (Trevecca Nazarene) proved they belong and then some at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Tuttle earned USTFCCCA All-American status with a 16th-place finish in the 10K men’s race and Hampton crossed the line in 54th in a field of almost 250 NCAA qualifiers.
The top 40 runners in the standings are officially recognized as USTFCCCA All-Americans. Only athletes that compete for USTFCCCA member institutions were eligible to earn All-America status.
Tuttle and Hampton were competing as individuals when both become NCAA qualifiers following their performances at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Evansville, Ind.
Tuttle and Hampton were USTFCCCA All-Midwest Regional Team selections and Tuttle won the overall title in the 10K men’s race.
Hosted by Missouri Southern, nearly a combined 500 runners from the men’s and women’s side endured chilly conditions and intermittent snowfall at the Missouri Southern XC Course.
Tuttle’s nationals time of 30:08.50 is a new G-MAC 10K record since competition in the league started in 2012. He bested Matt Brooker’s 30:26.00 recorded at the 2012 NCAA Championship, also conducted in Joplin, Mo.
In his last race, Tuttle clocked a 30:34.00 at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a winning effort. He joined the Cedarville alum Brooker (2013) as the G-MAC's only NCAA All-Americans in men's cross country during the league's young history.
Hampton was already making history as the G-MAC’s first female national qualifier and after winning the 2014 and 2015 G-MAC Championship races, the sophomore sensation was at it again, this time on the national level.
Hampton’s time of 21:41.90 is the third-best 6K time in conference history. She already possesses the top two spots in the all-time top performance 6K list.
She had a 21:41.90 at this year’s NCAA Midwest Regional while her 2014 NCAA Midwest Regional time of 21:29.11 still stands the test of time as the sole record.