Men's Cross Country | 10/30/2026 7:11:00 PM

CARY, North Carolina - The Delaware State University men's cross country team flew up and down the hills of Cary, NC in route to their second consecutive runner-up finish amongst the 8 team field at the 2026 MEAC Cross Country Championships!  Several men established new 8k personal best times.
DSU school record holder Marian Drazan paced the Hornets with a 4th place, School Record and All-MEAC performance covering 5 miles in (24:29).  Drazan has finished in the top 6 at the MEAC championships four consecutive years.  Finishing 2nd on the team and 5th overall with the #2 fastest time in school history to secure All-MEAC honors for the second time in his young career was even sophomore Lekan Sotonwa with a 8k time of (24:38).  Sotonwa obliterated his previous personal best time by one minute.  
Also earning All-MEAC honors again was former 2022 Delaware Gatorade Runner of The Year, Jonathan Drew running his 5 miles in (25:11) to place 12th overall and 3rd on the team.  The pride of Camden, Delaware, and reigning 800m MEAC champion Ian Cain came in clutch at the 4th position for DSU claiming a time of (25:51) good for 20th place and a new personal record.  
Delaware mile champion and true freshman Talan Gerardi also in personal record form rounded out the Hornets top 5 with a time of (26:07) good for 21st place.  
Determined junior Mugo Waweru's personal best time of (26:22) was 24th overall, while unwavering senior Da'Shawn Keller's personal best time of (26:32) was good for 27th place.  Isaiah Harmon and Nathan Donaldson finished 38th and 44th place overall.  

Up Next...
The Hornets will now begin preparing for the NCAA D1 Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships on November 13, 2026 in Bethlehem, Pa.