# 2023 NAIA cross country championships

The 2023 NAIA cross country championships was the 68th annual [[NAIA men's and 44th annual [[NAIA women's to determine the team and individual national champions of NAIA men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States.
These championships were hosted by the Cascade Collegiate Conference in Vancouver, Washington.
The race distance for the women's competition was increased to 6000 meters (3.73 miles). All previous championships had been contested over 5000 meters (3.11 miles).
The Milligan men won their second national title in the past three seasons and Jackson Wilson became the first individual champion for Rocky Mountain.
College of Idaho won their first women's national championship and Addy Wiley became the third Huntington runner in the past five years to win the individual championship. The championship was Wiley's last NAIA race before signing a professional contract. It was also Wiley's only cross country race of the season.

## Men's team result (top 15)

| PL | Team | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (6) | (7) |
| | Milligan (TN) | 93 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 46 | (68) | (84) |
| | Saint Mary (KS) | 98 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 32 | (77) | (145) |
| | Cumberlands (KY) | 114 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 37 | (72) | (108) |
| 4 | The Master’s (CA) | 156 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 55 | 56 | (89)_ | (150) |
| 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 206 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 44 | 71 | (98) | (122) |
| 6 | College of Idaho | 280 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 82 | 111 | (113) | (132) |
| 7 | Eastern Oregon | 283 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 75 | 78 | (79) | (146) |
| 8 | Dordt (IA) | 298 | 19 | 38 | 48 | 93 | 100 | (130) | (195) |
| 9 | Taylor (IN) | 300 | 30 | 50 | 59 | 76 | 85 | (107) | (109) |
| 10 | Montreat (NC) | 320 | 15 | 39 | 62 | 73 | 131 | (169) | (178) |
| 11 | Oklahoma City | 358 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 81 | 83 | (87) | (123) |
| 12 | Shawnee State (OH) | 382 | 13 | 26 | 80 | 127 | 136 | (162) | (173) |
| 13 | Grace (IN) | 418 | 45 | 53 | 69 | 117 | 134 | (155) | (175) |
| 14 | Kansas Wesleyan | 436 | 35 | 41 | 99 | 120 | 141 | (159) | (196) |
| 15 | Doane (NE) | 458 | 20 | 33 | 121 | 133 | 151 | (199) | (201) |

## Men's individual result (top 15)

| Position | Name | Team | Time |
| | Jackson Wilson | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 24:31.8 |
| | Joseph Skoog | Bethel (TN) | 24:40.9 |
| | Emad Bashir-Mohammed | Saint Mary (KS) | 24:49.1 |
| 4 | Robert Swoboda | Corban (OR) | 24:50.3 |
| 5 | Serhii Shevchenko | Cumberlands (KY) | 24:55.7 |
| 6 | Bryn Woodall | Milligan (TN) | 24:56.9 |
| 7 | Aaron Jones | Milligan (TN) | 24:58.5 |
| 8 | Jack Anderson | The Master’s (CA) | 25:02.0 |
| 9 | Will Stockley | Milligan (TN) | 25:03.9 |
| 10 | Demetris Love, Jr. | Embry-Riddle (AZ) | 25:05.4 |
| 11 | Daniel Butler | College of Idaho | 25:09.0 |
| 12 | Daniel Rush | The Master’s (CA) | 25:09.6 |
| 13 | Landon Wakeman | Indiana Wesleyan | 25:13.1 |
| 14 | Aiden Kammler | Shawnee State (OH) | 25:13.4 |
| 15 | Isaac Kiprop | Campbellsville (KY) | 25:14.4 |

## Women's team result (top 15)

| PL | Team | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (6) | (7) |
| | College of Idaho | 68 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 51 | (92) | (103) |
| | The Master’s (CA) | 92 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 32 | (64) | (135) |
| | Saint Mary (KS) | 133 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 59 | (78) | (82) |
| 4 | Milligan (TN) | 145 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 33 | 61 | (70) | (98) |
| 5 | Taylor (IN) | 184 | 4 | 25 | 34 | 54 | 67 | (72) | (136) |
| 6 | Huntington (IN) | 201 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 69 | 73 | (166) | (170) |
| 7 | Saint Francis (IL) | 282 | 36 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 71 | (154) | (204) |
| 8 | Southern Oregon | 317 | 27 | 30 | 63 | 81 | 116 | (122) | (218) |
| 9 | Cumberlands (KY) | 321 | 9 | 24 | 79 | 86 | 123 | (148) | (173) |
| 10 | Dordt (IA) | 332 | 8 | 55 | 76 | 87 | 106 | (131) | (132) |
| 11 | Lewis-Clark State (ID) | 352 | 31 | 37 | 62 | 88 | 134 | (142) | (164) |
| 12 | Embry-Riddle (AZ) | 362 | 40 | 43 | 68 | 104 | 107 | (138) | (139) |
| 13 | Grace (IN) | 433 | 29 | 89 | 94 | 100 | 121 | (128) | (227) |
| 14 | Indiana Wesleyan | 434 | 41 | 48 | 105 | 115 | 125 | (157) | (165) |
| 15 | Goshen (IN) | 439 | 28 | 75 | 77 | 129 | 130 | (147) | (167) |

## Women's individual result (top 15)

| Position | Name | Team | Time |
| | Addy Wiley | Huntington (IN) | 21:04.2 |
| | Ellyse Tingelstad | College of Idaho | 21:16.1 |
| | Sage Martin | College of Idaho | 21:39.4 |
| 4 | Mollie Gamble | Taylor (IN) | 21:40.2 |
| 5 | Abbey Shirts | College of Idaho | 21:41.9 |
| 6 | Reagan Hiebert | Saint Mary (KS) | 21:44.4 |
| 7 | Kahea Figueira | College of Idaho | 21:46.5 |
| 8 | Jessica Kampman | Dordt (IA) | 21:48.5 |
| 9 | Alina Boshchuk | Cumberlands (KY) | 21:50.8 |
| 10 | Hannah Fredericks | The Master's (CA) | 21:52.5 |
| 11 | Anna Martin | Huntington (IN) | 21:57.6 |
| 12 | Haley Nieuwkoop | Cornerstone (MI) | 22:00.4 |
| 13 | Suzie Johnson | The Master's (CA) | 22:01.5 |
| 14 | Caitlin Dominy | Milligan (TN) | 22:03.5 |
| 15 | Alauna Carstens | Evergreen State (WA) | 22:05.5 |