After completing competition at the Southern States Athletic Conference championship meet in Clinton, Miss Loyola had four runners qualify for nationals.
The four runners who qualified are marketing senior Annie Hills, physics freshman Kennedi Henneberger, bio chemistry junior Francesca Vaccaro and history junior Pual Freese.
Hills and Freese finished first for the women’s and men’s team srespectively of 19:34.27 and 26:30.12 in their 8k run.
This is the first time the Wolf Pack has sent more than three runners to the NAIA tournament since 2004.
“The women ran an awesome race with five runners all under the 20 minute mark. Which is the first time we have done that,” Coach Andy Canegitta said.
