GENEVA, Ill. – The MSOE men's cross country team displayed complete and utter dominance at the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Championship, recording a record low 21 points to win yet another title, earning all three major awards with Xander Gottner winning the individual crown, Nolan Pinion winning Freshman of the Year, and Coaching Staff of the Year.

TEAM RESULTS
1. MSOE – 21 points (1-3-4-6-7)
2. Wisconsin Lutheran. – 76 points (5-13-15-20-24)
3. Aurora – 87 points (12-14-16-22-23)
4. Concordia Wisconsin – 92 points (2-9-21-25-32)
5. Illinois Tech – 132 points (11-18-27-37-39)

TOP RUNNER
Xander Gottner – Champion (25:00.00)

HOW IT HAPPENED   

• Gottner came acrossed the line just as 25 minutes appeared on the clock in exactly 25:00.0. Adam Shaw was next in for the Raiders in third in 25:27.8, with Sam McPeak right behind him in fourth in 25:27.8. Kolby Dax finished in sixth place in 25:43.5, while rounding out the top five was AJ Springer in seventh in 25:49.1.
• Ryan Alyassir finished in ninth in 26:20.3, with Calder Bica-Harrison rounding out the top seven in 11^th place in 26:22.0. Also earning all-conference honors was Pinion in 12^th place (26:22.8), Jackson Braun in 13^th place (26:24.1), and Chase Noglaski in 15^th place (26:27.7), respectively.

WORDS FROM THE RAIDERS
"Very proud of the guys, this was a total team effort. We put 12 guys in the top 16 and 10 of the 15 all-conference guys were Raiders." – Head Coach Bill Massoels

"I just trusted the plan coach gave us wanted to execute it as much as possible. I want us to keep this momentum going as we finish the season." – Junior Xander Gottner

"I couldn't have had the performance I did without my teammates. They helped carry me throughout and encouraged me to keep fighting and pulled me to a great race." – Freshman Nolan Pinion

WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders now set their sights to the NCAA North Regional meet with hopes to punch their ticket to the National Championship on Saturday, November 16^th at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. The race is set to start at 12:00 PM.

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