Manhattan Christian College is ready to bring back Cross Country to campus and start building a competitive squad. This fall season the Thunder will competing against a handful of NAIA teams and a few NCCAA teams as well, a mixture of talent to gage where these runners are individually. September 4 will be the first test with a trip to Overland Park to run in the NCCAA Falcon Classic hosted by Kansas Christian College. The next two week consist of meets hosted by NAIA schools, McPherson College and Tabor College. September 10 McPherson College will host the Carol Swenson Invitational followed by Tabor’s Cottonwood Challenge in Newton Kansas. 

A small fall schedule but the runners are all ready to start laying a great foundation to kickstart the program here at Manhattan Christian College. 

Mindy Eckert has been tabbed as the next Head Coach for the Men's and Women's Cross Country programs. She takes the reigns of two dormant programs that have not been active over the last several seasons. 

"I couldn't be more thrilled to have Coach Eckert take over and rebuild our Cross Country programs at MCC. She's doing an incredible job of breathing life into our women's basketball program and I believe that she is the right person to do the same with cross country," stated Director of Athletics, Jordan Strom. 

Part of her immediate responsibilities will be to recruit and retain student-athletes to fill rosters for both teams, something she has a great amount of experience in. She takes over with the goal of running varsity races in the fall of 2021. For more information about the cross country programs, please reach out to Coach Eckert at mindy.eckert@mccks.edu.