FAYETTEVILLE, AR – Four different Oklahoma Baptist men's cross country runners finished in the top 50 of a field of more than 250 competitors as the Bison finished fourth in the McDonnell Memorial 8K at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3.
The field included some of the top teams at the Division I and Division II levels, with OBU posting the best team finish by a Division II school and placing ahead of Division I schools like Baylor and Memphis, among others.
Emery Crayton paced the Bison with a 19th-place finish (24:43.0) while
Zachary Williams (34th - 25:13.4),
Elijah White (36th - 25:15.0), and
Jonah Grein (39th - 25:24.8) also finished in the top 50.
In addition to the top finishers,
Logan Austin (26:00.7),
Ira Gikas (25:45.7),
Jacob Kerbo (27:02.8), and
Cameron Langdon (25:38.6) all set new personal records in the 8K.
The Bison will hit the course again on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Dallas Baptist Old Glory Gallop. Oklahoma Baptist will host the 2026 Great American Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Shawnee.
