INDIANAPOLIS – Following an eighth place finish at yesterday's NCAA Division I Cross Country Midwest Regional, Illinois State senior Kyle Mattes has earned one of the region's four individual qualifying spots for the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championship, announced the NCAA Saturday in their inaugural NCAA Cross Country Selection Show.
With this outstanding accomplishment, Mattes has made history, becoming the first ISU men's student-athlete to qualify individually for the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in back-to-back seasons. He is also only the second Redbird to qualify for the NCAA Championships twice, joining Tony Daniel who qualified as an individual in 1989 and as part of ISU's NCAA-qualifying team in 1990.