Ensaad Earns All-American, Madonna 11th at NAIA Men's Cross Country Nationals
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -The 2025 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship was held at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday Morning.
This year's championship featured 37 scoring teams and 323 runners from around the country, with all of the teams and individuals qualifying for the national meet either through their conference championship or by earning an at-large berth.
The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) saw three teams qualify for the event in WHAC champion Cornerstone, Aquinas and Madonna as well as individual qualifiers.
Madonna led the conference teams with an 11th place finish. Aquinas was next in 26th and WHAC champion, Cornerstone, finished in 29th.
Madonna's Mohamed Salaheddine Ensaad paced all conference competitors with an All-American effort of 24:40.1, good for a 12 place finish. Ensa was the lone competitor to earn All-American honors this season.
The top 40 individual finishers in the race earned NAIA All-America awards.