Six Trojans Take Home NAIA All-American Honors

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UPLAND, Ind. – The Taylor men's and women's cross-country teams competed at the NAIA National Championships on Friday, with the women collecting the program's second red banner and the men finishing fifth.

Six Trojans earned NAIA All-American Honors, four on the women's side and two on the men. Adding to the accolades, was head coach Quinn White being named the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. The award is the second in White's historic career at the helm of the TU Women's squad.

Jaynie Halterman repeated as the NAIA Individual Champion and was joined by Sam Patterson, Catey Campbell and Noel Bass as NAIA All-Americans, leading the Mad Dawgs to the team title.

Nathan Burns and Luke Harber finished within three spots of each other and helped TU record a fifth-place finish, the third best in program history, leading to a combined team title, the second by Taylor cross country.

The top 40 finishers in each race were named NAIA All-Americans.

TU Women's Cross Country NAIA All-Americans
Jaynie Halterman | Champion | 20:13.2 | Second NAIA All-American Honor

Sam Patterson | 14th place | 21:40.0 | First NAIA All-American Honor

Catey Campbell | 17th place | 21:43.0 | First NAIA All-American Honor

Noel Bass | 20th place | 21:44.3 | Fourth NAIA All-American Honor

TU Men's Cross Country NAIA All-Americans

Nathan Burns | 28th place | 25:07.6 | Second NAIA All-American Honor

Luke Harber | 30th place | 25:08.4 | Second NAIA All-American Honor