THREE-PEAT FOR JCU Cross Country / Track&Field! JCU Women's Cross Country wins a third straight OAC Championship! JCU tallied 5 runners in the top 10 to retain the crown! Full story to come! #GoStreaks ⚡️

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS! JCU Cross Country / Track&Field wins the OAC Championship for a second straight year, led by Alex Phillip, who reigns again as the individual champion! Full story to come on a historic day for the Blue Streaks ⚡️ #StreakUp ⚡️

Upset alert! JCU Cross Country / Track&Field women take down 3 teams ranked ahead of them to win the Great Lakes region! Ana Tucker of Hope College Cross Country comes away with the individual title!

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! JCU Cross Country / Track&Field finishes 1st in the Region to punch a ticket to next week's NCAA Championships! Erica Esper leads the way with a fourth-place effort! JCU Men racing now. #GoStreaks ⚡️

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS X2! JCU Cross Country / Track&Field finishes 1st in the Region for the men to punch a ticket to next week's NCAA Championships! Alex Phillip taking first in the regional meet for the second year in a row! #GoStreaks ⚡️

First time in program history JCU Cross Country / Track&Field Men & Women are both Regional Champs!! #Firemeup ⚡️💙

⚡️ Senior - Joe Backus 🔹1 yr. ago - injured w/ femoral neck stress fracture, hip impingement + torn labrum 🔸Surgery - January (2022) 🔹1st race back: 9/16 - 29:07 (8k) 🔸OAC Champs: 10/29 - 7th guy on team 🔹Regional Champs: 11/12 - 24:32 & 7th overall in region! #backuseffect

NATIONAL CHAMPION AGAIN! ALEX PHILLIP REPEATS AS THE 2022 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION! #ManOfCarroll ⚡️ JCU Cross Country / Track&Field

Alex Phillip of JCU Cross Country / Track&Field celebrates up the home stretch as he becomes your 2022 defending National Champion 🏆

The 2022 D3 Cross Country National Champion - Alex Phillip of JCU Cross Country / Track&Field 📸: Emily Adlfinger

Must 🎧 Joe Backus #backuseffect

XC: The Blue Streaks have reeled in the awards from the OAC! ⚡️Alex Phillip, OAC Men’s Outstanding Performer ⚡️Abby Schroff, OAC Women’s Outstanding Freshman ⚡️Men’s and Women’s Coaching Staff-of-the-Year 📰 jcusports.com/news/2022/12/2… #GoStreaks ⚡️ JCU Cross Country / Track&Field

Starting off 2023 in School Record fashion for Erica Esper and she clocked 5:02.92 at YSU breaking Gab Kreuz record from 2014! She will make another attempt at the distance tomorrow at Spire. Stay tuned….

New National Record for Alex Phillip - 7:53.24!!!!00

🚨D3 National Record🚨 Alex Phillip of JCU Cross Country / Track&Field runs 7:53.24 to break the NCAA Division III 3k Record!

The Men’s 4x4 just ran a new School Record and the #1️⃣ time in the Country - 3:14.82!!

🚨D3 5k RECORD🚨 After the 5k record was set today in Wisconsin, Alex Phillip of JCU Cross Country / Track&Field resets the record in Boston! 13:44.98

MT&F: The men are off to Birmingham, AL for the 2023 NCAA DIII Indoor National Championships! Follow JCU Sports Twitter (John Carroll Sports), JCU Sports Instagram (jcusports), and JCU XC/TF social media accounts (JCU Cross Country / Track&Field , IG: JCUXCTF) for live updates of the trip! CLE->NC->AL 📍✈️🏃‍♂️

MT&F: Your 2023 NCAA DIII Indoor T&F 400m 3rd Place All-American, Basheer Alramahi! This is also a 0.11 sec PR for Basheer, and it’s only his first National Championships Meet! ⚡️🔥 JCU Cross Country / Track&Field #StreakUp #GoBasheerGo #NCAAs

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