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KCAC "All-Time" Teams: 2015 University of Saint Mary Men's Cross Country

KANSAS — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) has begun a new series to highlight "All-Time" teams from each of our fourteen full-member institutions. By "All-Time," we mean historic teams from each institution, nominated by each athletic department. How each team symbolizes being "historic" for their institution can run the gamut from:
  • Championship teams (either at the KCAC or NAIA level)
  • Teams with non-championship significance to the KCAC or NAIA
  • Teams with particular significance to the institution
  • Teams that broke records or hit major statistical landmarks
  • Teams that broke a cultural barrier
  • And more! We're giving institutions the autonomy to decide what they think makes a team historic or "all-time."
 

UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY "ALL-TIME" TEAM: 2015 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Significance to Institution/KCAC/NAIA:
  • "Raised the bar" for Men's Cross Country at the University of Saint Mary.
    • First NAIA National Championship Team Runner-Up finish in team history
    • KCAC Champions
    • Top Six Finishers at KCAC Championships
    • Alstin Benton - Named KCAC Coach of the Year
    • Six First-Team All-KCAC honorees (Russell Brown, Andres Guerrero, Ryan Pulsifer, Jacob Sherman, Tony Weber, Christian Graham)
    • NAIA Scholar Team
    • Two NAIA All-Americans (Russell Brown, Ryan Pulsifer)
    • First-ever Top 10 Ranking Saint Mary Team in History (ranked 4th before national championship meet)
Significant Stats/Records Accomplished by Team:
  • First "perfect score" (team has top six individual finishers out of the entire field) for the first time in team history.
Significant Individual Leader(s):
  • Russell Brown: Still ranks in Top 20 in University of Saint Mary Men's Cross Country history for his 8K time of 25:02. 
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