MWSU XC/TF

Official Missouri Western State University XC/TF Acct.

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Regular season wrapped up🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Cross Country closes out the Griffon Open with a pair of 10th-place finishes on our home course!

Up next: MIAA Championships on Nov. 7 in St. Joseph!

📰https://t.co/bnKUNIUAI2

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MWSU XC/TF @MwsuTf]

Race Day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Back on our home course hosting the Griffon Open for one final tune-up before the MIAA Championships!

📍 St. Joseph, Mo.
⏰ Women's 5K at 10 AM | Men's 8K at 10:45 AM
🏟️ Griffon Cross Country Course
📊 https://t.co/i0ceX57jk1

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Back on our home course🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Cross Country hosts the Griffon Open this Saturday for its final tune-up before the MIAA Championships!

🏃‍♀️ Women's 5K | 10 AM
🏃‍♂️ Men's 8K | 10:45 AM

📰https://t.co/PEdBLjClca

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[The MIAA Network @TheMIAANetwork]

𝙏𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮, part 4⃣

This season, Aidan Jumper set the goal of being better than he was the day before. Read more about his goals for the season and how he has been working towards achieving them. 🏃‍♂️

#BringYourAGame

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Pre-Nationals in the books🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Pau Valderrama takes seventh overall to lead the Griffon men to a 10th-place team finish, while the women place 17th at Rim Rock Farm!

📰https://t.co/Ts8SibjaL9

#GriffUp🦅🦁
📷Gene Cassell

[MWSU XC/TF @MwsuTf]

Race Day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

A big test awaits as we take on Pre-Nationals at Rim Rock Farm.

📍 Lawrence, Kan.
⏰ Men's 8K at 9:30 a.m. | Women's 6K at 10:15 a.m.
🏟️ Rim Rock Farm
📊 https://t.co/hlXRPikcBf

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Pre-Nationals up next🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Cross Country heads to Lawrence, Kansas, on Sunday to compete at Pre-Nationals on the 2026 NCAA Division II National Championships course at Rim Rock Farm!

🏃‍♂️ Men's 8K | 9:30 AM
🏃‍♀️ Women's 6K | 10:15 AM

📰https://t.co/GT7ymHXgBF

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Beyond the 🔔…

Pau Valderrama bested 271 other runners and 13 NCAA D1 schools to win the 38th Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

A big day in Fayetteville🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Pau Valderrama wins the McDonnell Memorial 8K for his second race victory at MoWest, while the Griffon women finish third in the Prairie Fire Pepper 5K at the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival!

📰https://t.co/ZO9Ign5IpF

#GriffUp 🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

PAU BRINGS THE HEAT🌶️🥇

Pau Valderrama wins the Men’s McDonnell Memorial 8K at the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival!

⏱️ 24:02.8

What a run from Pau! 🏆

#GriffUp 🦅🦁

[RunnerSpace @runnerspace]

Pau! Pau!

Missouri Western’s Pau Valderrama wins the Chile Pepper XC Festival Men’s McDonnell Memorial 8k!

🥇Pau Valderrama 24:02.8
🥈Nathan Kapel 24:02.9
🥉Hudson Bennett 24:09.8

📺 https://t.co/XdG0jkDmQi
#RunnerSpace #ChilePepperXC

[MWSU XC/TF @MwsuTf]

Race Day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Time to turn it up at the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival.

📍 Fayetteville, Ark.
⏰ Men's 8K at 10:25 AM | Women's 5K at 12:10 PM
🏟️ Agri Park
📊 https://t.co/5GtlNX3P6y

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Ready to race in Fayetteville🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Griffon Cross Country takes on the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival Saturday.

Men’s McDonnell Memorial 8K | 10:25 AM
Women’s Prairie Fire Pepper 5K | 12:10 PM

📰https://t.co/PoNFikomk9

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

MIAA Athlete of the Week🏃‍♂️

Pau Valderrama earns MIAA Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors after placing third at the Southern Stampede with an 8K time of 24:10.93.

📰 https://t.co/TyNhs4nDWb

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[The MIAA @TheMIAA]

🆕🎽 MIAA Cross Country Athletes of the Week ⤵️

MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Pau Valderrama, Missouri Western
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ruth Chemutai, Missouri Southern

📰 https://t.co/16CbqrNL8W
#BringYourAGame

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Strong showing in Joplin 🏃

Pau Valderrama and Hemistone Cheruiyot finished 3rd and 4th in the men’s 8K, while Bailey Taig added a 13th-place finish at the Southern Stampede.

Magdalena Jakubowska paced the Griffon women, crossing the line 40th in the 5K.

📰- https://t.co/5zuykHfxl4

#GriffUp🦅🦁
📸- Kristin Finley

[MWSU XC/TF @MwsuTf]

Race Day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Time for the 37th Annual Southern Stampede!

📍 Joplin, Mo.
⏰ Men's 8K at 7:30 AM | Women's 5K at 8:10 AM
🏟️ Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course
📊 https://t.co/EVMFxfK5U5

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

Ready to race in Joplin🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Griffon Cross Country returns to competition Saturday at the 36th Annual Southern Stampede.

Men's 8K | 7:30 a.m.
Women's 5K | 8:10 a.m.

📰- https://t.co/aCLXJlscjh

#GriffUp🦅🦁

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

And the season continues this Saturday in Joplin 🔔

#GriffUp

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

First Meet = First 🔔

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