GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Malone University cross country teams have moved up in the latest rankings from the NCCAA in the Cross Country Stat Report. The Pioneer men are now first overall and the women moved up to third.
 
Malone has a new best team time of 2:05:55 after the 8K Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Preview. The top five scorers for the Pioneers are all inside the top seven in the NCCAA. Yahya Jawadi and Xander Heil are tied for second at 24:53.6, while Alex Hill is fourth (25:10.3), Andrew Bugner sixth (25:26.3) and Wyatt Royster seventh (25:31.0). Malone is looking to defend their NCCAA Championship and are the favorites as of October 6.
 
On the women's side, the Pioneers have the third-best team time at 1:40:19 after a solid performance at the G-MAC Preview. Individually, spots 10-12 are held by Malone student-athletes in Rachel Whetstone (19:37), Karrah Singleton (19:49) and Brooklyn McIntyre (19:56). Each of those times are converted from 6K to 5K.
 
The next opportunity to compete for the cross country program is on Friday, October 9 at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, hosted by Queens University. The first race is set to begin at 3:30 P.M.