The Basics
The Drake University men's and women's cross country programs have been preparing for the NCAA Midwest Regional Friday, Nov. 11 at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in  Columbia, Mo. The women's 6K race will begin at 11 a.m. with the men's 10K to follow at 12 p.m.
 
Drake Lineups
Men – Isaac Basten, Pur Biel, Brendan Cain, Aziz Jdai, Enzo Marie, Aidan Ramsey, Juan Trasobares, Connor Visnic
Women – Madysen Klebenow, Anna Knueve, Katherine Lawson, Tyla Lumley, Emilie Meyer, Brooke Mullins, Ashlee Siegle, Barbara Vrhovac
 
Race Day Weather Forecast
40 degrees, 13 mph wind, sunny  
 
MVC Championships Recap
Isaac Basten repeated as Missouri Valley Conference men's cross country individual champion and Brooke Mullins was the runner-up in their respective races at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships hosted at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind., on Friday (Oct. 28).
 
Drake men's cross country finished just four points away from the team title to claim the runner-up trophy while the Drake women's cross country team finished third for its best MVC Championships finish since 2000.

"It was a very good day for the Bulldogs," head coach Jay Koloseus said. "Everyone who raced for us today has eligibility to back next year. Our future is extremely bright."
 
Brooke Mullins finished second in the women's 6K with a time of 20:50.9. Tyla Lumley rounded out the Top 10 at 21:40.3. Mullins and Lumley both earned spots on the All-MVC First Team.
 
Emilie Meyer (22:16.3) in 18^th and Barbara Vrhovac (22:26.6) in 25^th were the next two Drake runners to cross. Katherine Lawson (22:33.1) completed the scoring for Drake with a 27^th place finish.
 
Anna Knueve (24:14.1), Madysen Klebenow (25:18.6) and Lauren Low (25:49.8) rounded out the Bulldog competitors in the women's 6K.
 
A strong close from Basten earned him the MVC men's cross country individual title for the second consecutive year with a final time of 24:29.7. He became the fourth Drake runner to win multiple MVC titles.
 
Aziz Jdai was in the lead during the back half of the men's 8K before taking fourth place with a time of 24:37.5. Enzo Marie (24:49.2) also cracked the Top 10 in eighth place as Basten, Jdai and Marie were all named to the All-MVC First Team.
 
Aidan Ramsey (25:02.2) and Juan Trasobares (25:02.8) finished 16^th and 17^th respectively to cap off an impressive MVC Championships debut. Ramsey and Trasobares had the best finishes amongst the true freshmen competing in the race.
 
Pur Biel (25:28.6), Connor Visnic (26:04.5) and Brendan Cain (26:29.3) rounded out the Drake competitors in the men's 8K.
 
MVC Scholar-Athletes
Brooke Mullins, Tyla Lumley and Emilie Meyer of Drake women's cross country were all placed on the Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Scholar-Athlete Team, the league announced Wednesday (Nov. 2).
 
Mullins holds a 3.88 grade point average as a management & organizational leadership major. Lumley has a 3.61 GPA while majoring in accounting and Meyer, a business studies major currently has a 3.94 GPA.
 
Mullins finished second at the MVC Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 28 while Lumley and Meyer secured 10^th place and 18^th place respectively.

Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to meet performance standards, as they must finish in the first 20 runners at the conference championship and hold at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and be in sophomore standings academically. The conference has chosen to raise the standard cumulative GPA in alignment with College Sports Communicators (formally known as CoSIDA) nomination standards, who has also raised the minimum cumulative GPA from 3.3 previously to 3.5. For top honors, the Scholar-Athlete of the Year is the top finisher that meets the qualifications for the team.
 
Regional Recognition
The Drake men's cross country team ranks 7^th in the latest USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings.