Northern Kentucky University Athletics

Men's results | Women's results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The season has come to an abrupt end for both Northern Kentucky University cross country teams as neither will be advancing to the NCAA Division II Championships.

The men's team could only muster an 11th-place in a 21-team field, while the women's team finished in 14th place out of 22 squads at the E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park.

Despite not qualifying either team or an individual for nationals, Norse head coach Steve Kruse had runners perform well enough to notch themselves into the NKU record book.

Joey Mueller's time of 32:03.21 was the sixth fastest 10-kilometer time in school history, just ahead of Keith Knapp's 32:07.50 at the 2006 NCAA Championships. Mueller, a graduate of Oak Hills High School, finished the Midwest Regional in 20th position.

Also cracking the top-25 in 10-kilometer times for NKU were Ricky Harm (17th in school history; 32:59.09) and Brendan Chwalek (20th; 33:08.52). Harm and Chwalek finished the Midwest Regional in 49th and 59th place, respectively.

On the women's side, Jerrica Maddox and Kayla Justice also turned in top-25 six-kilometer times in school history. Maddox completed the Midwest Regional with a time of 22:46.93 for 33rd place, while Justice (41st) scurried her way to a 22:55.75 finish.

Joining Maddox and Justice in the top-25 in Norse history for six-kilometer times are Danielle Mercer (23:27.83) and Kelsey Gaffney (24:41.37). Mercer and Gaffney completed the course in 64th and 116th place, respectively.

In a photo finish for the men's medalist honors, Grand Valley State's Tyler Emmorey (30:58.72) edged out fellow teammate Anthony Witt (30:58.77). Christina Muir of Ferris State won the women's individual medalist honors with a time of 21:05.96, nearly five seconds faster than Grand Valley's Katherine McCarthy (21:10.70).

A perfect team score in cross country is 15 points. GVSU nearly achieved perfect scores as the men's team tallied an astonishing 21 points and women's team posted an equally impressive score of 26. Both teams saw little challenge for the team title as the men defeated Southern Indiana by 60 points and the women trounced Ferris State by 53.