TERRE HAUTE, IN. – For the first time since 2015 the Wesleyan men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championship, the fifth time in program history, and ran the combined 8k race to a 23^rd place finish out of a field of 32 as they were led by junior Liam Calhoun at the Laverne Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Wisconsin La-Crosse walked away from the course as the event winner, closing the national championship race with 77 points. Wisconsin Whitewater's Christian Patzka won the individual race outright with a final time of 24:01.6.

With the highest finish since Will Dudek '17 placed 49^th in 2017, Calhoun led all seven Cardinals in the race as he crossed the finish line on Saturday in 105^th place. Calhoun's final time clocked in at 25:14.1, seven seconds off his time at the NCAA Mideast Regional race. Calhoun finishes his junior season as a first time All-NESCAC selection and two-time All-Region and All-New England honoree
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Alex Kermath '26, who led the Cardinals in the NCAA Pre-National race in Oct., was the next Cardinal to cross the line with a finish at 135^th. Kermath ran a final time of 25:23.9 to finish in the Top 150 of 294 runners. Kermath was an All-Region and All-New England award winner this year.  Noah Mahoney '27 placed at 151, clocking in with a final time at 25.29.1. Mahoney '27 also finishes the season as a two-time All-Region and All-New England honoree. Running a final 25:32.6, Nate Fogarty '25 came in with a placement at 160.

Will Wise '26, placing at 216, ran a 25:52.2. Zach Allen '27 with a time of 26:26.3 placed 262^nd. Dylan Cote '28, who led the Cardinals at the Mideast Regional, placed 288^th with a time of 27:08.5.