Men's Cross Country | 10/4/2025 9:38:00 PM

 
CLINTON, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's cross country program earned sixth place during the eight-team Belhaven Invitational Saturday morning, riding two elite Delta Devils competitors ahead of both Dillard and Tougaloo in the team standings.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Team Results
  • 1. LeTourneau – 34
  • 2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 77
  • 3. Jackson State – 99
  • 4. Wiley – 108
  • 5. Belhaven – 114
  • 6. Mississippi Valley – 140
  • T7. Dillard – 170
  • T7. Tougaloo – 170

 

• Location
  • Clinton, Mississippi – Choctaw Trails

 

• Host Institution
  • Belhaven

 
Delta Devils' Top Performers:

• Duncan Koima made it back-to-back podium trips for the men's side, earning the bronze medal by earning third place via a time of 25:46.19, falling behind only Jackson State's Godfrey Kimutai and an unattached Braedon Methvin.

 

• Timothy Rotich slashed his previous allotment in half from the season opener, jumping all the way from tenth to fifth place in the second meet, running a 26:38.68 to trail the aforementioned participants in the above bullet point as well as Preston Speed, who did not have a team.

 

• The other three players to make the short bus ride south of campus were Tony Rodriguez (43:01.07), Henry Espy (43:16.68), and Malachi Finley (43:38.83).

 
Next:

• The final meet of the regular season will take place in the same location on a new date and with a different host as Valley gets their final warm-up prior to the SWAC Championships on Friday, October 17 as participants in the Watson Classic.

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