SHAWNEE – After posting three top-four finishes this season, Oklahoma Baptist men's cross country is slated to host the 2026 Great American Conference Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Gordon Cooper Tech Center in Shawnee. The Bison finished second in their most recent competition on Oct. 17 at the DBU Old Glory Gallop, and are currently ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II Central Region and 30th nationally.
OBU finished second at last year's conference title meet in Monticello, AR, and was paced by a trio of top-10 finishers in
Damien Williams (4th),
Emery Crayton (5th), and
Zachary Williams (10th). The Bison finished the meet with 49 points to finish behind defending champion East Central (33). Oklahoma Baptist has never finished worse than third in a GAC Cross Country Championship.
Both Crayton and Z. Williams are back this year to run in the men's 8K, which is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The NCAA Central Regional Championship takes place on Nov. 21 in Sioux Falls, SD, while the NCAA Championship meet is slated for Dec. 4 in Lawrence, KS.
For more meet information including course maps, live results, and more, please visit the
2026 GAC Cross Country Championships homepage.
