Toledo Seems to be to Declare Second Consecutive MAC Championship

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo males’s cross nation staff is trying to win its second consecutive Mid-American Conference championship on Saturday, Nov. 1 in Buffalo, N.Y. The 8k championship race is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m.

The Rockets made historical past in 2024, successful the primary MAC crown in class historical past after incomes runner-up finishes in every of the three earlier seasons.

In the most recent USTFCCCA (United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) regional rankings, Toledo is the very best ranked MAC program within the Great Lakes Region, incomes a No. 9 spot and inserting forward of Akron, Ohio and Miami.

The Rockets deliver again six student-athletes from their 2024 lineup, together with First Team All-MAC honoree Joad Martinho in addition to Second Team All-MAC honoree Loann Brelivet. Peter McMahon, Max Matolin and Alex Martinez additionally competed within the 2024 championship and look to assist win the second-straight title.

Junior Joad Martinho has been main the staff, recording two top-ten particular person finishes in opposition to extremely aggressive nationwide competitors. Martinho positioned fifth (23:26.58) on the Loyola Lakefront Invitational and took eighth (23:14.9) on the Princeton Fall Classic.

The males’s squad took a seventh-place staff end on the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational as they positioned forward of then-No. 24 Washington, Boston College, N.C. State, Florida State and Indiana. The staff had a robust efficiency on the Princeton Fall Classic and completed forward of MAC opponents Eastern Michigan, Buffalo and UMass.

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