Logan Bocovich recorded the MIAC's fastest 8K time in 2022 two weeks ago. Men's Cross Country 10/28/2022 11:00:00 AM 2022 MIAC Men’s Cross Country Championship Preview ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) will crown its 2022 men's cross country champion on Saturday. The 11-team men's eight-kilometer conference championship race is scheduled to close out the 2022 MIAC Cross Country Championships at 12:00 p.m. at Highland Park in St. Paul. It is the first time the conference meet has gone off campus since a nearly two-decade stint at Como Park from 1998-2016. The 12-team women's 6K race will begin the Championships at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. CHAMPIONSHIP 101 Carleton is the four-time defending MIAC champion and will be looking for a fifth straight conference title. Eight different schools have won MIAC men's cross country championships since 1947. St. Thomas holds the MIAC record for the most team championships at 24. St. Olaf won five consecutive MIAC men's titles from 2012-16, and Carleton has claimed the last four. Hamline is the last non-Northfield program to have won the MIAC championship, as the Pipers took three in a row from 2009-11. St. Thomas holds the record for the most individual champions at 17, though Macalester and St. Olaf are not far behind with 14 apiece, and Saint John's has tallied 13 race winners. HANDING OUT THE HARDWARE Once the results of the 2022 MIAC Cross Country Championship are tabulated and deemed final, a short awards ceremony for both men's and women's races will follow around 1:00 p.m. The top 15 runners in each race will be honored with All-Conference distinction, while runners finishing in places 16-to-25 will be named Honorable Mention. The championship team will also be honored with the presentation of the MIAC Championship plaque. Individual awards for Athlete, Rookie, and Coach of the Year will be announced on Thursday, November 3. FOLLOW THE ACTION Fans who are not traveling to St. Paul will have access to unofficial results soon after the action concludes courtesy of Wayzata Results. The MIAC has a championship home page for the event that will serve as the online home of the meet. The championship page will include results and photos as they become available. | Championship Home Page | Top Times | Course Map | Parking | Unofficial Meet Results | IN THE POLLS St. Olaf is the lone men's team ranked in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Top 35 Poll, released on October 19. The Oles are ranked No. 14 in the nation heading into the MIAC Championships. A trio of MIAC teams are also regionally-ranked in the most recent USTFCCCA balloting. St. Olaf is No. 3 in the North Region, followed by Saint John's at No. 7 and Carleton at No. 8. ALL-CONFERENCE RETURNERS Six of the top 15 runners from last year's conference championship race will be back in action this weekend, including Saint John's junior Lloyd Young (3rd), St. Olaf sophomore Logan Bocovich (4th), St. Scholastica junior Calvin Boone (5th), St. Olaf sophomore Ian Curtis (9th), Carleton senior Henry Bowman (10th), and St. Scholastica junior Lars Dewall (15th). AROUND THE MIAC Augsburg first-year Mohammed Bati (Dodola, Ethiopia | St. Paul Highland Park) won the 407-runner Blugold Invitational on 9/30 in 24:22.09, 13 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher and 10 seconds faster than the previous Auggie 8K record. It is also second-fastest time in the MIAC this fall. Bethel senior Aidan St. George (Eden Prairie, Minn.) was the top finisher for the Royals at the Jim Drews Invitational on 10/15, clocking in at 26:51.4. He has been Bethel's top finisher in three of four meets this fall. Carleton senior Henry Bowman (Lafayette, Colo. | Centaurus) was the runner-up at the MIAC Preview meet on 9/9 with a time of 24:47.60 to help the Knights to a team victory. That time remains seventh-fastest in the MIAC this season. Concordia senior Leo Smith (West Fargo, N.D. | Sheyenne) paced the Cobbers with a time of 19:34.00 over the 6K course at the Dragon Twilight on 9/9. His time was good for 30th place in the overall individual competition and remains the fastest 6K-course time in the conference this fall. Gustavus senior Tucker Wallin (Red Wing, Minn.) led the way for the Gusties at the MIAC Preview on 9/9, taking seventh place out of 76 runners with a time of 25:43.71. Hamline senior Aric Brodie (Woodbury, Minn. | Math and Science Academy) was the Pipers' top finisher at Jim Drews Invitational on 10/15. Brodie finished the 8K race in 27:36.5. Macalester sophomore Nick Ihrke (Northbrook, Ill. | Glenbrook North) placed fourth overall in a time of 25:31.10 at the MIAC Preview on 9/9. Ihrke's time remains in the conference's top-25 this season. Saint John's junior Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn. | Kennedy) made his 2022 debut at the Blugold Invitational on 9/30 and finished seventh out of 406 runners - sixth among NCAA Division III participants - with an 8K time of 25:03. Saint Mary's first-year Granton Schneider (Moorhead, Minn.) was the Cardinals' top finisher for the fifth time in as many races at the Jim Drews Invitational on 10/15 with a time of 26:14.3. Schneider placed 10th among MIAC runners at the event. St. Olaf senior Logan Bocovich (Monument, Colo. | Palmer Ridge) led the way for the nationally-ranked Oles with an eighth-place finish at the Connecticut College Invitational on 10/15. The senior established a new collegiate-best 8K time of 24:19.2, which moved him up to fourth on St. Olaf's all-time 8K list and represents the fastest 8K time in the MIAC this season. St. Scholastica junior Calvin Boone (St. Paul, Minn. | Highland Park) took third place out of 76 runners at the MIAC Preview on 9/9 with a time of 24:54:44. Boone's 8K time remains ninth-fastest in the conference this season.