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Malone College and Simon Fraser win NAIA team championships; Aron Rono and Jaime Canterbury take top individual titles
From press release
November 19, 2007
Kenosha, Wis.
Chicago Athlete

Men's Cross Country
Malone College (Ohio) placed three runners in the top 10 to capture the 2007 NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship Saturday, Nov. 17 at Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is the second national title for the Pioneers.

Malone College, this year's favorite to win the championship, finished with 59 points and defeated the runner-up Black Hills State (S.D.) by 144 points. The Yellow Jackets placed two runners in the top 15.

Lindenwood (Mo.) (211), Simon Fraser (B.C.) (228), Cornerstone (Mich.) (236), Aquinas (Mich.) (239), Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (293), Union (Tenn.) (298), California State-San Marcos (300) and Concordia (Calif.) (309) rounded out the top 10.

Aron Rono of Azusa Pacific (Calif.) crossed the finish line with a time of 23:52.1 to capture the individual title. A junior from Kapsabet, Kenya won his first NAIA cross country championship after finishing third last year.

Ryan Kienzle of Malone finished second while Noah Too of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), the 2006 runner-up, placed third. Aaron Melhorn, Malone and Henry Rop, Union (Tenn.) crossed the finish line fourth and fifth respectively.

Women's Cross Country
Simon Fraser (B.C.) defeated Cedarville (Ohio) by 46 points to win the NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship Saturday, Nov. 17 at Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Clan won their fifth straight and 10th overall title.

Simon Fraser posted a score of 99 points while Cedarville had 145 points and was runner-up for the second straight season.

Milligan (Tenn.) (163), Malone (Ohio) (164), British Columbia (227), Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (244), Wayland Baptist (Texas) (244), Black Hills State (S.D.) (255), Indiana Tech (319) and Northwestern (Iowa) (334) all finished in the top 10.

Jaime Canterbury of Azusa Pacific won the individual title, finishing four second ahead of teammate Jacky Kipwambok. Olivia Johnson of Northwestern, Jessica Smith of Simon Fraser (B.C.) and Charity Miles of Northwestern rounded out the top five.