This year's men's 8K race will feature 28 teams, including 13 region champions and 15 at-large bids, and 67 individual qualifiers. The Malone College (Ohio) occupied the top spot in all 10 Top 25 polls this season and is the favorite to capture the team title. The Pioneers along with Simon Fraser (B.C.) will aim for their second national title while the rest of the field is going for their first.
Men's Team Qualifiers (Method of qualification)
Aquinas (Mich.) (Region VIII Champion)
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (At-large)
Black Hills State (S.D.) (Region III Champion)
Bryan (Tenn.) (Region XII Champion)
California State-San Marcos (Region II Champion)
Cedarville (Ohio) (At-large)
Concordia (Calif.) (At-large)
Concordia (Neb.) (At-large)
Corner Stone (Mich.) (At-large)
Dickinson State (N.D.) (At-large)
Eastern Oregon (At-large)
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (Region XIV Champion)
Huntington (Ind.) (At-large)
The College of Idaho (At-large)
Indiana Tech (At-large)
Indiana Wesleyan (At-large)
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (At-large)
Lindenwood (Mo.) (Region V Champion)
Malone (Ohio) (Region IX/X Champion)
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (At-large)
Oklahoma Baptist (Region VI Champion)
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (Region VII Champion)
Shorter (Ga.) (Region XIII Champion)
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (Region I Champion)
Southwestern (Kan.) (Region IV Champion)
Union (Tenn.) (Region XI Champion)
Vanguard (Calif.) (At-large)
Westmont (Calif.) (At-large)
Men's Individual Qualifiers
Region I
Burck, Eric - Concordia (Ore.)
Humberston, Kory - Oregon Tech
Jeffers, Kevin - Southern Oregon
Kreuz, Cameron - Southern Oregon
Randall, Leonard - Northwest (Wash.)
Region II
Aguirre, Joe - The Master's (Calif.)
Ball, Brian - Biola (Calif.)
Madrigal, Benny - Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Magut, Abednego - Simpson (Calif.)
Smith, Tim - The Master's (Calif.)
Region III
Berkness, Devon - Sioux Falls (S.D.)
Danga, Jeremiah - Morningside (Iowa)
Eicher, Bryan - Hastings (Neb.)
Hahn, Rob - South Dakota Tech
Heezen, Chris - Dakota State (S.D.)
Kimo, Sufian - Doane Neb.)
Logsdon, Cory - Dana (Neb.)
Region IV
Allred, Chris - Park (Mo.)
Bailey, Brent - McPherson (Kan.)
Ortiz, Israel - McPherson (Kan.)
Rannabargar, David - Oklahoma Wesleyan
Schuman, Max - Park (Mo.)
Region V
Flores, Anthony - Missouri Valley
Kibii, Kenneth - Missouri Baptist
Melly, Elias - Missouri Valley
Morogah, Vincent - Missouri Baptist
Sawe, Josphat - Central Methodist (Mo.)
Region VI
Chepkwony, Benson - Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
Davila, Juan - Northwood (Texas)
McCune, Timmy - Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Ngney, Erick - Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
Powell, Jordan - Oklahoma Christian
Region VII
Bond, Brandon - Grand View (Iowa)
Burgarin, Steven - Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Jellema, Andrew - Trinity Christian (Ill.)
Miles, Cliff - St. Ambrose (Iowa)
Oh, Dan - Illinois Tech
Region VIII
Deo, Robert - Siena Heights (Mich.)
Glinski, Mike - Siena Heights (Mich.)
Murray, Kyle - Marian (Ind.)
Peabody, Michael - Taylor (Ind.)
Robertson, Tom - Taylor (Ind.)
Region IX/X
Ballard, Dan - Houghton (N.Y.)
Culbertson, Corey - Shawnee State (Ohio)
Groholy, Mike - Walsh (Ohio)
McKee, Brendan - Walsh (Ohio)
Rathkamp, Keegan - Shawnee State (Ohio)
Region XI
Braima, Andre' - Campbellsville (Ky.)
Darrell, Seth - Cumberlands (Ky.)
Kipchirchir, Christopher - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Mutuse, David - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Robles, Juan - Cumberlands (Ky.)
Region XII
Degefa, Wegene - Milligan (Tenn.)
Hamilton, Daniel - King (Tenn.)
Kibert, Brandon - Union (Ky.)
Ronoh, Benjamin - Milligan (Tenn.)
Winkler, Paul - Berea (Ky.)
Region XIII
Aucoin, Patrick - Spring Hill (Ala.)
Dean, Chad - Lee (Tenn.)
Garcia, Francisco - Berry (Ga.)
Kimeli, Dennis - Mobile (Ala.)
McClay, Ryan - Berry (Ga.)
Region XIV
French, Tyler - SCAD (Ga.)
Kosgei, Wilbourn - Warner Southern (Fla.)
Mott, Jonathan - Webber International (Fla.)
Richmond, Austin - Webber International (Fla.)
Rotich, Cornelius - Warner Southern (Fla.)
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