Iowa Western Men's Cross Country National Championships

2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Iowa Western Men's Half Marathon brought home the program's first distance team national championship, defeating Salt Lake CC by just four points. 

The 13.1-mile race came down to a photo finish as Barnabas Ndiwa and Odessa's Mohammed El Youssfi were neck-and-neck at the finish line, with Ndiwa edging out El Youssfi by just .10 seconds. Ndiwa's mark of 1:03:37.1 set the NJCAA record, previously held by Tomas Vega of New Mexico JC in 2023.

Geofrey Ronoh ended the race in 4th place, and Mohammed Kowa finished 7th to give Iowa Western the four-point victory over the Bruins.

2025 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

For the 2nd straight year, Iowa Western claimed the Men's Half Marathon title.  The Reivers saw their top three runners finish inside the top 10; Barnabas Ndiwa once again won in a photo finish, this time over teammate Geofrey Ronoh, by just two hundredths of a second.  Freshman Miguel Angel Lopez Carranza rounded out the team score with a 7th place finish.