MCC Cross Country Set for Nationals

From School Reports

Meridian, MS - MCC’s Cross Country team will make its long awaited return to the NJCAA Cross Country National Championships on Saturday as they travel west to El Dorado, Kansas.

MCC is coming off a stellar regular season that saw them ranked in the Top 25 multiple times throughout the course of the season along with posting a second place finish three weeks ago at the Crimson Classic hosted by the University of Alabama.

“We are excited for this meet, especially since it is our first trip there since we brought the program back,” said Head Coach Chip Gayden.  “To be  successful at this meet, we have to run as a team and we showed we know how to do that at Alabama.”

MCC will run a team of three sophomores and four freshmen that is very experienced in big meets. MCC will look to depend on three members of their 4x800m indoor national championship team in Rogelio Araiza, Tim Hoodlebrink and Noah Smith.  Freshman, Micah Britton, an 8-time state champion from Alabama along with fellow freshmen Kobey Hill, Raymond Mion and De’jon Walker will round out MCC’s team.

“This is a group of guys especially our sophomores, that knows what the pressure feels like and has the experience of racing in big races,” said Gayden.  “If we go out and race the way we have been training, we should do very well.”

MCC will race on Saturday, November 12 at noon at the Prairie Trails Golf Course in El Dorado, KS.