Men's Cross Country | 10/6/2025 11:17:00 AM

The Cloud County Community College women's and men's cross country programs have announced a scheduling change. According to Drew Mahin, Cloud County Director of Cross Country and Track & Field, the T-Birds will not be heading to the Fort Hays State University Tiger Open on Saturday, October 11.

The schedule shift now gives the T-Birds three weeks to prepare for the 2025 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference/NJCAA Region 6 Women's and Men's Cross Country Championships, set for Friday, October 24 at Meadow Lake Golf Course in Colby, Kansas. Hosted by Colby Community College, the men's 8K race will start at 10 am, while the women's 5K race will start at 10:45 am.

Cloud County competed this past weekend at the 37th annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosted by the University of Arkansas. The Cloud County men's team placed eighth in the Prairie Fire Pepper 8K. Sophomore Gelasa Degefa Abdisa led the way once again for the T-Birds, placing 19th out of 256 competitors with a time of 26:26.5. Sophomore Abdelaziz Benbrahim was next to cross, finishing in 28th place with a time of 26:47.2. Freshman Davis Miltner closely followed in 35th place at 26:58.8. Freshman Jesus Baltazar's time of 29:14.5 was good for 114th. He was followed by sophomore Cody Sharp who finished in 150th with a time of 29:57.2. Freshman Zeb Schultze was 159th with a time of 30:18.4, while freshmen Korbin Dykes and Nicholas Johnson rounded out the scoring with times of 31:01.0 and 31:28.4, respectively.

The Cloud County women's cross country team delivered two top-10 finishes in the Prairie Fire Pepper 5K at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival. The T-Birds were led by sophomore Mercy Angaamchaab who finished in third place with a time of 18:04.8. Sophomore Nontokozo Ncube followed closely behind in sixth place with a time of 18:25.1. Freshmen Maureen Jepchirchir and McKenzie Baker completed the scoring for Cloud County. Jepchirchir captured a 22nd place finish with a time of 19:18.7, while Baker rounded out the scoring by finishing 68th with a time of 20:28.5.