INFO | NCAA Division II XC Championship results (HTML)
 
Sacramento, Calif.----The Wingate University men's cross country team finished second in the hotly-contested NCAA Division II national championship meet Saturday, falling to '22 national titlist Colorado School of Mines by three points at the Arcade Creek Cross Country Course. The Bulldogs had seven All-American performances, led by senior Hamza Chahid and his sixth-place 10K time of 29:49.2.
 
The defending NCAA Division II national champions had three runners in the top 15 and five in the top 25. Senior Titouan Le Grix finished 11th, thanks to his 10K time of 29:55.6. Sophomore Lukas Ehrle grabbed 15th place with his personal-best 10K time of 29:59.0. West Texas A&M senior William Amponsah won his second consecutive individual championship with his 10K time of 29:40.8.
 
Meet Information

Top five teams: Colorado Mines (63), Wingate (66), Adams State (113), West Texas A&M (138) and Grand Valley State (171)
Individual finishers: 259 student-athletes with 34 schools recording a team score
Location: Arcade Creek Cross Country Course, Sacramento, Calif.
Co-hosts: California Collegiate Athletic Association and Sacramento Sports Commission
 
Quotables
 
Wingate head coach Pol Domenech:
 
"I am extremely proud of this group. We raced incredibly well today, but we got beat by a better team. It was a tough year dealing with the pressure of being the defending national champions and the men handled this so well."
 
"I believe that this season is the one that will teach us how to be champions. I come away from this experience grateful to be able to coach these guys daily. It's an absolute honor to get to work with each one of them. I'm so excited for what this team will do in the future."
 
Inside the 10K Race Results
 
- Senior Ricardo Barbosa finished 20th with his 10K time of 30:04.7
- Sophomore Antonin Saint Peyre rounded out Wingate's counting times
- Saint Peyre took 22nd place, thanks to his 10K time of 30:10.7
- Senior Scott Nutter finished 29th with his 10K time of 30:15.9
- Junior Will Aitken completed Wingate's All-American septet
- The '24 SAC individual champion posted a 10K time of 30:20.5
 
Notables

- Chahid, Le Grix, Barbosa and Nutter earn their second career AA honors
- Chahid, Le Grix and Barbosa were All-Americans in '23
- Nutter earned his first AA trophy as WU finished second in '22
- West Texas A&M's Amponsah ran a 29:04.3 10K in '23
- Colorado Mines has won three of the last five NCAA national championships
- The Orediggers have four total NCAA XC titles since 2015
 
Up Next
 
The Wingate cross country teams will switch their focus to indoor track and field in December. The Bulldogs open the 2024-25 indoor campaign on Saturday, December 7 with two meets: The Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at Boston University and the JDL College Kick-Off in Winston-Salem. The Bulldogs will also send student-athletes to the JDL Early Bird Invitational on Sunday, December 8.

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