2020 Fall Season Recap

The Metropolitan Community College men's cross country team wrapped up competition for the 2020 season at the NJCAA Division II National Championship in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, November 14th.  The Wolves were represented by seven runners in the men's race. This was the first season the Wolves were competing in Division II.   

Leading the pack for the men's 8K race was sophomore Cameron Deatherage with a time of 28:07 and finishing in 49th place. This is the highest individual finish for the MCC men's team at Nationals. Sophomore Clayton Gurley posted a time of 28:14 (54th) followed by teammates Luke Hill in 28:53 (72nd), Sebastian Given in 29:12 (84th), Austyn Smith in 29:13 (85th), Ethan Holman in 30:59 (117th) and Angel Rocha in 32:59 (134th).  The MCC men's team finished 11th with a team score of 325.  

The MCC men's cross country team was honored as a National Junior College Cross Country Coaches Association DII All-Scholar Team and also earned Academic Team of the Year. Three of our student-athletes were awarded Scholar All-American honors: Austyn Smith, Cameron Deatherage and Ethan Holman.  

Cameron Deatherage set a new MCC Men's 8K school record with his 27:21 finish at the Ollie Isom Invitational on September 11th and was also named MCC-Longview Cross Country Athlete of the Year.