Meet: NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship
Location: Saint Leo, Florida
Date: Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021
 
COURSE REPORT: Running in muggy weather over a terrain that was hilly with 6-8 long ascent and descents throughout the race, Shea Vavra concluded his cross country career with a 116th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning. Vavra ran a 10K time of 32:44.7.
 
COMMENTS BY COACH TORREY OLSON
"I'm extremely proud to have Shea represent San Marcos at today's national championship. He's a true representative of Cougar cross country. It is a particularly difficult thing to represent your team as an individual at a cross country championship. Shea is a true team guy and he missed having his teammates out there to run for, but he's no doubt learned some valuable lessons heading forward in his running career."
 
FINISH LINE

• Flora placed 116th in a field of 262 runners.
• He is CSUSM's first repeat runner at the NCAA Championships after finishing 43rd in 2019.
• Vavra was a member of the 2019 CSUSM men's cross country team that finished 12th.
• Grand Valley State Isaac Harding (29:58.3) was the individual champion with his teammate Tanner Chada (30:07.1) taking runner-up honors.
• Harding and Chada led the Lakers to a National Championship with 43 points with all five scorers finishing in the top 20.
• Chico State placed eighth with 312 points.

 
UP NEXT
The NCAA Championship concluded the 2021 cross country season. 
 
FINAL RESULTS (Field of 262)
116. Shea Vavra – 32:44.7