SHAWNEE, Okla. — Southern Nazarene's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams took the short trek to Shawnee, Oklahoma Saturday morning to compete in the Great American Conference Championships.

The men competed in the 8K and raced against seven other schools in the conference, finishing 7th overall. The women competed in the 5K and raced against 11 other schools in the GAC, also finishing 7th overall.

William Ramirez led the way for the men, posting a 41st finish out of 93 other runners. Ramirez raced to a personal best, crushing his previous time of 29:30.4 with a new and improved time of 27:57.1. David Gammas and Joel Haynes followed in 56th and 57th, respectively. Gammas also achieved a personal best, racing to a time of 29:08.5, while Haynes finished with a time of 29:12.9. Roberto Soliz and Jacob Humphrey followed each other in 63rd and 64th. Soliz achieved a personal best, running a 29:44.8, almost three minutes faster than his previous 8K. Humphrey finished with a time of 29:54.1.

Other notables were Zachary Woods, who finished 76th (30:47.6), Dennis Green, who finished 77th (30:49.8), and Josh Lewis, who finished 87th (32:49.2).

The women also had a career day, led largely by Madalyn Harper and Sabbatha Taylor who finished within the top 20 out of 128 total runners. Harper cut her career-best (19:13.9) by nine seconds as she raced to a new best of 19:04.1, finishing 13th. Taylor was just shy of shattering her career best, finishing 18th with a time of 19:14.6.

Afeni Rubio came in 50th, almost beating her personal best, finishing with a time of 20:34.5. Elora Jones was after her in 57th, achieving a personal best of 20:53.0.

Other notables were Lauryn Downs, who finished 85th (21:57.3), and Sarah Abbet, who finished 120th (25:28.4).

SNU will wait on the NCAA Regionals selections which will take place in Joplin, Missouri Saturday, November 19th.