Cross Country Concludes Season at NAIA Nationals

VANCOUVER, Wash.- Both Grace Feder and Southeastern's men's cross-country team battled unfavorable conditions today at the NAIA National Championship, racing through wet grass terrain and 47-degree temperatures.
 
In her first NAIA National Championship appearance, Grace Feder finished with a 6K time of 24:10 to take 163^rd place overall. Through 5K, Feder posted a time of 20:12.
 
On the men's side, the Fire finished 32^nd overall. John Perez-Dunn led the Fire across the line with an 8K time of 26:25 to take 118^th overall, his second-highest finish at the national championship race after finishing 82^nd last season.
 
Next across the line for the Fire was Joshua Shields with a time of 27:12 to finish 219^th.
 
Jordan Hierholzer finished with a time of 28:11 to take the third spot for the Fire with David Milburn following with a time of 28:11.
 
Jacob Delong rounded out the top five for the Fire with a time of 28:32 while Jonathan Fitzgerald crossed just five seconds later.
 
Nathan Evans was the seventh across the line with a time of 29:51.