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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The first GNAC championship event of the 2024-25 academic year has arrived, as Northwest Nazarene cross country will travel north for the 2024 GNAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Hosted at Bellingham’s Sudden Valley Golf Course, the men’s 8k race kicks off at 10 a.m. (Pacific), with the women’s 6k race following at 11 a.m. (Pacific). Live results will be available online at www.gnac.live, and admission to the event is free. Times for Saturday’s championship race have the potential to run slow, with a 75% chance of rain and temperatures ranging from 47-55 degrees (F). Each school is allowed 10 entries with the top-seven finishers for each team contributing to their respective scores.
NNU’s Brody Kemble has evidenced that he is up for a shot at the individual title on the men’s side after making headlines throughout the 2024 fall campaign. The junior stormed to victory at the Mike Johnson Classic on Sept. 27, topping a field of 72 runners with an 8k PR time of 24:15.9. Just over a week later at the Whitman Invitational, Kemble put forth a late surge to chase down a swath of Gonzaga runners (NCAA Division I) and beat a field of 81 runners for his second straight triumph. In his fifth and final race of the 2024 regular season, Kemble was the third-finishing GNAC runner at the Lewis Crossover as he placed 23rd overall in 24:32.8. Kemble has already proven his ability to win gold medals, as he claimed the crown in the 10,000 meters at the 2024 GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. After he earned all-conference with a seventh-place finish at last year’s GNAC Championships, Saturday will provide Kemble the opportunity to become Northwest Nazarene’s second cross country GNAC champion. Francis Kimeli won the inaugural GNAC Championships for NNU in 2001…