TULSA, Okla. – Making his Mid-America Christian running debut, junior Mohamed Guled not only shattered MACU's four-mile distance record, but also won the individual medalist by more than a minute with a time of 19:12.7 at the Distance After Dark, hosted by Rogers State University at the Mohawk Sports Complex on Thursday night.
 
RESULTS

• Distance: 4-Miles (6437-Meters)
• Number of Teams: 14
• Number of Finishers: 186
• Score / Place: 189 / 6^th
• Scoring Placements:
  • Mohamed Guled – 1^st (1) – 19:12.7
  • Abdulsalam Farah – 6^th (6) – 20:28.2
  • Teagan Nelson – 69^th (55) – 22:06.5
  • Canaan Motley – 83^rd (61) – 22:26.1
  • Aidan Collins – 94^th (66) – 22:47.4

RACE SUMMARY

• Mohamed Guled ran an incredible pace as he not only won the race, but the second-best finisher was NCAA D-II Pittsburg State's Brody Deniston, who posted a 20:16.6, finishing more than a minute behind Guled.
• Guled's mark blasted by the previous four-mile record in MACU's record book, which was originally held by Lucky Maila, who posted the 20:40.41 mark at last year's RSU Distance After Dark.
• Abdulsalam Farah's time of 20:28.2 placed him squarely behind Guled in MACU's four-mile list, topping Maila's previous mark by 12 seconds.
• Making his collegiate racing debut, freshman Teagan Nelson posted MACU's third-best finish on the evening with a time of 22:06.5 to place 69^th for the race and also land in ninth on MACU's all-time four-mile list.
• Sophomore Canaan Motley set the fourth-fastest time for MACU in the meet after crossing the finish line in 22:26.1 while Aidan Collins rounded out the top five, posting a time of 22:47.4.
• Freshman Jackson Greenway ran a solid 22:57.2 in his collegiate debut while Blake Jensen set MACU's last tiebreaking score mark of 23:09.2 for 117^th, edging out freshman teammate Slade Strunk at the line with a time of 23:09.9.
• As a team, MACU posted the second-best team score of all NAIA teams competing in the meet, sitting only behind No. 17 Park (Mo.) who posted a 153 to MACU's 189. However, the Evangels notched the better team time, notching a 1:47.00 to Park's 1:47:07.
• MACU also placed better than three of its Sooner Athletic Conference counterparts, including John Brown (223, 8th), Oklahoma City (246, 10th), and Southwestern Christian (376, 13th).

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will return to the course in two weeks as it will now prepare for the Southern Stampede, hosted by Missouri Southern State at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Couse in Joplin, Mo. on Sept. 19.