SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Lewis University repeated as the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's Cross Country Champions on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Allison Sports Town course in Springfield, Mo.
Capturing their 19th title overall, the Lewis Flyers retained their title as this year’s champion or the fourth year in a row with 30 points. Lewis had four runners finish in the top 10 and seven in the top 20.
Missouri S&T came in second with 48 points, while Drury came in third with 64 points, and Illinois Springfield came in fourth with 90 points.
Indianapolis rounded out the top five with 134 points, and Rockhurst placed sixth with 182 points.
Seventh-place Truman finished with 234 points, ahead of eighth-place Maryville (259), ninth-place Southwest Baptist (260), and tenth-place McKendree (285). Missouri-St. Louis was 11th with 301 points, and Quincy was 12th with 364 points.
Lewis junior Evan Horgan, setting the GLVC record, crossing the tape with a time of 23:07.34. The three-time GLVC Runner of the Year’s victory marks the 13th time a Flyer has claimed GLVC Runner of the Year and is the sixth different Flyer to be awarded the accolade. Horgan is the 12th multi-time champion and is the fifth multi-time champ for the Flyers.
Missouri S&T’s Henry Born was 17.64 seconds after Horgan. Born placed second with a time of 23:25.02, followed by Lewis’ Kenan Delestre with a time of 23:50.83. Matt Padilla from Illinois Springfield placed fourth with 23:58.75. Drury’s Tyler Harris rounded out the top five with a 24:01.60.
Sixth was Lewis’ Jack Roberts with a time of 24:08.21, seventh was S&T’s Andrew Bacon with a time of 24:13.40, and eighth was Drury’s Tion McLeish with a time of 24:17.63.
Gabriel Cates from Lewis placed ninth with a time of 24:19.77, and S&T’s Isheanesu Nziramasanga placed tenth with a time of 24:24.37. She was followed by Lewis’ 11th-place Orlando Sandoval with a time of 24:24.76, and Basile Chevrel from Drury in 12th-place with a time of 24:26.65.
The rest of the top 20 goes as follows: Lewis’ 13th-place Lewis’ Johnathan Iacobizza (24:30.77), S&T’s 14th-place Landon Duchscherer (24:34.29), S&T’s 15th-place Spencer Pye (24:34.55), UIndy’s 16th-place Conyer Wilson (24:41.89), Lewis’ 17th-place Nica Cimino (24:42.40), UIS’ 18th-place Owen Whelan (24:42.88), Drury’s 19th-place Luca Scholes-Robertson (24:44.17), and Drury’s 20th-place Eliott Rubechi (24:47.14).
At the conclusion of the GLVC Championship, Horgan was honored as GLVC Runner of the Year, Missouri S&T’s Nziramasanga was named the league's top newcomer as Freshman of the Year, and Lewis’s head coach James Kearney was honored by his peers as GLVC Coach of the Year for the fifth time.
After the race, 12 student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior were named as their sport's GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honoree. These individuals must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The honorees are now eligible to become one of their school's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced at the end of the academic year.
The GLVC Championship was carried live on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN). The broadcast can be found in the "On Demand" section on all GLVCSN platforms, including GLVCSN.com, GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as GLVCSN OTT platforms on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.
2026 GLVC POSTSEASON AWARDS
GLVC CHAMPION/RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Evan Horgan, Lewis
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Isheanesu Nziramasanga, Missouri S&T
COACH OF THE YEAR: James Kearney, Lewis
ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES (in order of top-20 finish)
Evan Horgan, LEWIS
Henry Born, S&T
Kenan Delestre, LEWIS
Matt Padilla, UIS
Tyler Harris, Drury
Jack Roberts, LEWIS
Andrew Bacon, S&T
Tion McLeish, DU
Gabriel Cates, LEWIS
Isheanesu Nziramasanga, S&T
Orlando Sandoval, LEWIS
Basile Chevrel, DU
Johnathan Iacobizza, LEWIS
Landon Duchscherer, S&T
Spencer Pye, S&T
Conyer Wilson, UINDY
Nica Cimino, LEWIS
Owen Whelan, UIS
Luca Scholes-Robertson, DU
Eliott Rubechi, DU
2026 GLVC MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Basile Chevrel, DU
Ryan Kries, UIS
Ian Pugh, LEWIS
Camryn Viger, LIN
Taylor Mason, MU
Diego Paz Denis, MCK
Cole Reintjes, S&T
Aaron Guss, UMSL
Vinny Olson, QU
Andrew Hartegan, RU
Kaleb Nail, SBU
Jacob Snyder, TSU
2026 GLVC MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
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