LANSING, Mich. – Centre sophomore Houston Brooks made history at today's NCAA Great Lakes Regional Finals as he punched his ticket to next week's NCAA Division III Championships at Carleton.
 
Brooks ran the race of a lifetime as he posted an 8k time of 25:30.4 for a brand new personal best time in cross country, good enough to finish ninth overall, with the finish qualifying him for the NCAA Finals. He is the first Centre men's cross country runner to qualify for Nationals since Nathan Riggs accomplished the feat in 2017.
 
In other scores, Grayson Miller and Max Germann landed just outside the individual top 100 as they clocked in with respective times of 27:04.7 and 27:08.4.
 
More pack running followed to round out Centre's scored times for the race as Henry Downs posted a time of 27:55.5, followed closely by Quinn Gulden in 27:58.5.
 
As a team, Centre finished with a combined score of 550 points to finish 18th overall out of 38 teams in the loaded field, finishing five points ahead of Wittenberg.
 
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The Centre men's cross country season will last one more weekend as Houston Brooks races in the NCAA Division III Championships on Nov. 21 in Northfield, Minn.