BATAVIA, Ill. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College placed third at the 2026 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championships on Saturday at Settler's Hill Cross Country Course, marking the Warriors' seventh consecutive top-three finish at the conference meet.
WLC tallied 68 points to secure third place in the nine-team field. MSOE captured the team title with 26 points, while St. Norbert finished as the runner-up with 52 points. Samuel McPeak of MSOE won the individual 8K championship with a time of 25:05.3.
Senior
Arnold Rupnow (Watertown, Wis.) and sophomore
Caleb Schreiber (Mukwonago, Wis.) led Wisconsin Lutheran with top-10 finishes, each garnering All-NACC accolades. It marked Rupnow's second consecutive All-NACC honor.
Rupnow crossed the finish line in eighth place overall with a season-best time of 26:02.3, followed closely by Schreiber, who took ninth in a personal-best 26:06.0.
Senior
Noah Micheel (Mequon, Wis.) was the third scorer for the Warriors, placing 17th overall with a season-best time of 27:16.8. Sophomore
Sam Splinter (Ixonia, Wis.) followed in 20th place at a personal-best 27:36.1, and sophomore
Vaughn Miller (West Allis, Wis.) rounded out the top five in 24th place with a season-best time of 27:51.2.
WLC next travels to Northfield, Minnesota to compete at the NCAA Division III North Regional on Saturday, November 14 at the St. Olaf Cross Country Course. The men's 8K race is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.
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