The Thunder men's cross country team traveled to Joplin, Missouri yesterday for the 2026 NCCAA Cross Country National Championships. Before the the meets starts, awards such as, All-Americans and NCCAA Scholar-Athletes, are announced and the Thunder had one earn Scholar-Athlete honors. Redshirt-senior, Ethan Stegall would be the lone student-athlete from the men's team to be named a Scholar-Athlete. To earn scholar-athlete honors you must be a junior, senior or graduate student, complete at least one term, and have maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.40 on a 4.00 scale at the nominating institution. Stegall has been at Manhattan Christian College for three years after transferring from Johnson County Community College.

For a full list of NCCAA Cross Country Scholar-Athletes, click this link. To stay up-to-date with the NCCAA Cross Country National Championships, visit thenccaa.org's championships page.

The Thunder men's cross country team will run this morning at 11:30AM.

How to Follow the Thunder: For complete information and to stay up-to-date with Manhattan Christian College Cross Country, visit www.mccthunder.com and follow the team's social media page on Instagram.