Meshack Koyiaki Finishes Ninth, CSU Team 19th at NCAA Cross-Country Championships

Evansville, Ind. -- Columbus State's Meshack Koyiaki capped off an outstanding season by finishing ninth at the NCAA Division II Cross-Country Championships on Saturday on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana. The CSU women, on the heels of their first-ever region championship, finished 24th in the women's race on Saturday.

Koyiaki (31:22) and teammate Nicholas Kering (27th place, 32:12) led the Cougars to a 19th place finish in just the second-ever national championship appearance by at CSU team. Both Runners earned All-American honors by finishing in the top 40 finishers in the race. The 19th place finish will mark the first-ever top-20 ranking for CSU in cross-country.

John Neill (132, 34:26), Stewart Helton (155, 35:16), and Nathan Prickett (162, 35:44) rounded out the scoring for CSU. The Cougars' team scores after the individual runners and non-scoring runners from other teams were removed, added up to a total of 419. Andrew Henderson (169, 36:04) and David Marley (176, 36:58) rounded out the CSU finishers.

Adams State won the title with 23 points and were led by individual champion Reuben Mwei with a time of 30:27.

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