Men's Cross Country | 9/19/2025 10:58:00 AM

The Cloud County Community College men's cross country team will return to action at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, September 20. The meet is co-hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University and The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and will be held at Mahoney Park Golf Course.

Live results will be available through Black Squirrel Timing.

This weekend's meet will be scored in two divisions - the Red division (NCAA Division I), and the Gold division (NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA & NJCAA). Joining the T-Birds on the course will be several other two-year schools, including Fort Hays Tech Northwest, Garden City, Iowa Central, Iowa Western and Southwestern Community College.

The Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational starts with the men's 8K race at 10 am, with the women's 5K immediately following at 10:50 am.

The Cloud County men's cross country team opened their 2025 season on September 6 at the 77th annual JK Gold Classic hosted by Wichita State University. The T-Birds came away with a ninth place team finish. The team was led by freshman Davis Miltner who finished 49th overall in a time of 20:23.24. Sophomore Gelasa Degefa Abdisa took 56th place in 20:36.70, and was closely followed by sophomore Abdelaziz Benbrahim in 20:39.12 to place 63rd overall. Other results saw freshman Zeb Schultze take 106th with a time of 21:51.31. Freshman Jesus Baltazar crossed the finish line in 22:00.76 for 111th place. Freshman Korbin Dykes place 119th in 22:28.10. The T-Birds were rounded out by freshmen Nicholas Johnson and Gage Taylor and sophomore Cody Sharp. Johnson ran 23:00.88, finishing 131st. Taylor ran 23:15.15 to place 132nd overall, while Sharp followed in 133rd place with a time of 23:26.39.