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Rio Grande senior Tyler Jenkins (far right) runs with the front of the pack during Friday's NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship in Tallahassee, Fla. Jenkins earned a third straight All-American honor by finishing seventh and the RedStorm placed 19th as a team.
Rio Grande senior Tyler Jenkins (far right) runs with the front of the pack during Friday's NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship in Tallahassee, Fla. Jenkins earned a third straight All-American honor by finishing seventh and the RedStorm placed 19th as a team.
Posted: Nov 21, 2025

Rio's Jenkins named All-American, RedStorm 19th at NAIA Championship

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     TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the annals of the University of Rio Grande's men's cross country program, there's little doubt that Tyler Jenkins will go down as one of the best to ever wear the school colors.
     With that said, it should come as no surprise that the final race in the career of the Barnesville, Ohio senior produced the results that it did.
     Jenkins ran to a seventh-place finish and earned his third consecutive All-American honor in the sport, leading the RedStorm's efforts in Saturday's NAIA National Championships at Apalachee Regional Park.
     Jenkins traversed the 8k course in a time of 24:37, just under 22 seconds behind national champion Jack Anderson from The Master's (Calif.).
     "What can you say? Tyler did what Tyler does," Rio Grande head coach Matt Paxton said. "What a great career he's had. Going from 201st place when he ran in the national championship as a freshman to placing in the Top 10 as a senior is quite the accomplishment."
     Jenkins finished 23rd nationally as a sophomore and was 31st a year ago.
     As a team, Rio Grande - which was ranked 17th nationally in the final regular season Top 25 coaches' poll - finished in 19th place with 468 points.
     Indiana Wesleyan University won the team crown with 117 points, while The Master's took runner-up honors with 128 points and the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) was third 160 points.
     Indiana University East, whom the RedStorm beat in the River States Conference Championship, finished 12th among the 37 teams vying for the title with 360 points.
     "We had a pretty decent day," Paxton said. "Finishing in the Top 20 as a team is a big step for us. It's about where we were ranked and we had a couple of our guys have pretty rough days, but we're improving and learning and we're excited for the future for sure."
     Along with Jenkins, Rio Grande was represented in the race by sophomore Ryder Crawford (Batavia, OH), who was 90th in the field of 326 runners with a time of 25:51; senior senior Mugisha Pomossene (Dayton, OH), who was 109th after crossing in 26:01; Kasey Science and senior Carter Lipscomb (West Union, WV), who finished 187th and 188th, resepectively, with a mark of 26:32; sophomore John Young (Leroy, OH), who placed 243rd in 27:07; and sophomore Anton Meinlschmidt (Weibeyoke, Germany), who finished 252nd in a time of 27:17.