SHAWNEE – A pair of top-five finishes from
Emery Crayton (2nd) and
Zachary Williams (4th) highlighted a second-place finish for Oklahoma Baptist men's cross country at the 2026 Great American Conference Championship on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Gordon Cooper Tech Center in Shawnee.
The Bison finished with 49 points to finish behind Harding (34) and ahead of East Central (52). OBU's second-place showing marks the second straight year that the Bison have been the runner-up at the GAC Championship meet, and is the 10th year on a row the Oklahoma Baptist has finished in the top three.
Crayton paces the Bison in the men's 8K with a time of 24.48.69, while Williams finished with a time of 25:02.65.
Elijah White (12th - 25:33.10),
Levi Haynes (14th - 25:42.87),
Josh Kearse (17th - 25:52.34),
Logan Austin (18th - 25:55.47),
Jonah Grein (20th - 26:04.85) and
Ira Gikas (22nd - 26:06.74) all finished inside the top 25.
Crayton and Williams earned First Team All-GAC honors, while White, Haynes, Kearse, Austin, and Grein were Second Team All-GAC selections.
Next up for the Bison is a trip to the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Saturday, Nov. 21 in Sioux Falls, SD, where OBU will vie for a trip to its second consecutive NCAA Championship. The NCAA Championship meet will take place in Lawrence, KS on Friday, Dec. 4.
