The 2026 SLIAC Cross Country Championship is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31, at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky, with Spalding University hosting. The men’s 8-kilometer race is listed for 10:30 a.m. local time, followed by the women’s race at 11:30 a.m. An awards ceremony is planned for about 12:30 p.m., according to the championship preview.
Greenville’s men will pursue an unprecedented 11th consecutive conference title. The Panthers, Principia and Webster finished within eight points of one another at last year’s championship. Greenville returns last year’s individual champion, Kaden Einhorn, whose season-best time is 27:10. Hunter Malan, Mason Clayton and Luis Zavala also rank among the conference’s top 10 season-best times.
Webster’s Simon Muthemba leads the men’s season-best list at 26:44. His teammate Ethan Nieroda and Spalding’s Tobias Rice are tied for second at 27:05. Muthemba and Nieroda each finished among the top six last year; the preview said they are seeking the first men’s individual title for a Gorlok…