AVE MARIA, Fla.—In his final Sun Conference Cross Country Championship,
John Perez-Dunn was out in front of the pack at North Park and won his third conference championship in as many years.
The Port Charlotte native covered the 8K course in a program-record time of 25:13 to win by nearly 25 seconds over St. Thomas' Roger Reyes.
As a team, the Fire won their third championship in four years, posting a total of 40 points, edging out host Ave Maria by nine.
Perez-Dunn placed 11
th as a freshman at the conference meet, was the runner-up in 2020, and has won the last three titles.
Junior
Joshua Shields earned First-Team All-Sun Conference honors with a sixth-place finish in 26:19. Senior
David Milburn took the first spot on the second team with an eighth-place finish in 26:20.
Nathan Evans also earned second team recognition in 12
th place in a time of 26:28.
Ethan Campbell and
Jonathan Fitzgerald rounded out the second team in 13th and 14
th, respectively. Campbell finished in 26:30 and Fitzgerald 26:34.
Jordan Hierholzer was 16
th in 27:05.
The Fire earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Cross Country National Championship on November 17
th in Fort Vancouver, Washington.
