OKLAHOMA CITY – Mid-America Christian will be running in its final meet of the regular season on Saturday night as the Evangels are preparing to compete at the Golden Eagle Invitational hosted by John Brown at Pollard's Field on Saturday morning in Siloam Springs, Ark. The women's 6k race is slated for an 8 a.m. start before the men's 8k begins at 8:45 a.m.

The meet will serve as a strong dress rehearsal for the Sooner Athletic Conference Championship that will be held at the same course on Nov. 8 while many SAC teams will be competing at this year's JBU Golden Eagle Invite.
 
WOMEN'S SEASON REPORT

• Last Meet: MSSU Southern Stampede – Sept. 20, 2025 – Joplin, Mo.
• Team Results: 610 / 21^st of 22
• Top Finisher: Ashlyn Vasquez – 103^rd – 20:28.94
• Race Notes:
  • Saturday's meet will be MACU's first 6k (6000-meter) race of the 2025 campaign.
  • Mid-America Christian competed in its second 5k race of the season at the Missouri Southern Stampede on Sept. 20. As a team, the Evangels finished 21^st out of 22 teams in the meet that consisted of some of the top NCAA D-II and NAIA programs.
  • Junior Ashlyn Vasquez paced the Evangels with a time of 20:28.94, shattering her personal best 5k time of 20:28.94, bettering her own 5k mark by nearly 30 seconds and resetting the fifth-fastest 5k time in MACU's record book.
  • Due to injuries, the Evangels will be looking to get some quality results out of two of its freshman runners in Jessie Foster-Anderson and Cora Eyler. In the MSSU Southern Stampede, Eyler posted MACU's second-best 5k time for a with a 22:40.6 while Jessie Foster-Anderson currently owns MACU's second-fastest 5k time away from Vasquez with a 22:11.1 set at the Rogers State Distance After Dark on Sept. 4.
  • After missing the Southern Stampede due to illness, the Evangels also expect Kaylee Campbell to be one of the team's top competitors. Campbell posted MACU's third-best 5k time at the RSU Distance After Dark with a 23:00.4 and fourth-best 4k time at the MSU Mustang Stampede on Sept. 11 with an 18:44.4.
  • Freshman Lisa Hernandez-Cruz has also been consistently one of MACU's top five finishers this season, coming off a personal best at the Southern Stampede with a time of 23:20.5 in the 5k race.

MEN'S SEASON REPORT

• Last Meet: MSSU Southern Stampede – Sept. 20, 2025 – Joplin, Mo.
• Team Results: 283 / 11^th of 26
• Top Finisher: Mohamed Zari – 46^th – 25:32.8
• Race Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian put together a phenomenal showing at the MSSU Southern Stampede three weeks ago as five Evangels notched program top 10 marks in its 8k record book.
  • The Evangels were paced in that race by sophomore Mohamed Zairi, who ran the third-fastest 8k time in program history with a time of 25:32.79 to help guide MACU to an 11^th place finish as a team in the meet, outscoring multiple NCAA D-II teams as well as Sooner Athletic Conference rivals College of the Ozarks, John Brown, and Nelson.
  • Junior Lucky Maila also posted a stellar time in the last meet with his time of 25:44.99 being the fourth-best time in MACU's 8k record book.
  • Sophomore Jaden Rodriguez continued to post sub 26-minute times to MACU's 8k record book with his result at the Southern Stampede as his time of 25:53.29 ranks as his fourth-best personal time and sixth-best overall time in the team's record book.
  • Aidan Collins and Alexander Pebeahsy also found themselves in MACU's 8k book following the Southern Stampede as Collins posted a 26:14.58 and Pebeahsy was right behind 26:15.83 to take up the No. 8 and No. 9 spots on MACU's list.
  • Head Coach Merritt Suenram says that after having some early season injuries and illnesses, he is expecting Connor Gerth to put together a strong showing at the JBU Golden Eagle Invitational after running well in practice the last few weeks. Gerth was consistently one of MACU's top runners last season, but injuries and illness have hampered the sophomore runner during the 2025 campaign.