TULSA, Okla. – The MACU Women's Cross Country team put together its best ever 5000-meter race time in its first meet of the 2026 season as the Evangels as a squad ran a 1:51:29 to place 16^th at the RSU Distance After Dark hosted by Rogers State at the Mohawk Sports Complex on Thursday night.
 
RESULTS

• Distance: 5000-Meter
• Number of Teams: 17
• Number of Finishers: 167
• Score / Place: 473 / 16^th
• Scoring Placements:
  • Dawsen Branum – 97^th (81) – 20:50.9
  • Ella Miller – 125^th (90) – 21:50.9
  • Kynna Brannan – 126^th (91) – 21:52.9
  • Kaylee Campbell – 149^th (105) – 23:17.3
  • Cora Eyler – 152^nd (106) – 23:37.1

RACE SUMMARY

• In her first collegiate race, freshman Dawsen Branum paced the Evangels with a 97^th place time of 20:50.9, setting the seventh-fastest 5k mark in MACU's record book, edging out Ashlyn Vasquez's time of 20:57.3 set at last year's RSU Distance After Dark.
• Ella Miller was one of three freshmen to finish in MACU's top three, placing 125^th with a time of 21:50.9 while her freshman teammate Kynna Brannan placed right behind her with a mark of 21:52.9.
• Kaylee Campbell tallied MACU's fourth-best time with a 149^th place mark of 23:17.3 while Cora Eyler tallied a 152^nd place time of 23:37.1.
• As a team, Mid-America Christian's mark of 1:51:29 broke the program's previous team record of 1:53:12 set at the Missouri Southern Stampede on Sept. 20, 2025.
• The Evangels also set their first ever NCCAA National Championship qualifying standard as a team, eclipsing the needed mark of 20:42.

UP NEXT

• MACU will look to carry its momentum in the all-too-familiar MSSU Southern Stampede as the Evangels prepare to make the trip to Joplin, Mo. on Sept. 19.