Posted: Nov 09, 2024

Madison Palmer Finishes 4th At NJCAA DIII Cross Country Championships

November 9, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men's and women's cross country teams competed at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III National Championship meet in Mechanicsville, Va. on Saturday, November 9^th, 2024.

Madison Palmer (Sheffield Village, Ohio/Brookside HS) capped off her tremendous LCCC career finishing in 4^th place overall with a time of 20:04 to earn first team All-American honors for the second consecutive year. Palmer's fourth place finish ties Hannah Cook (2012) for the highest finish ever for a Lorain County Community College runner at the national championship meet.

Isabella Morales (Amherst, Ohio/Vermilion HS) also ran for the Commodores, finishing the 5K distance in a personal best 25:02, good for 63^rd place out of 90 runners.

Name	Place	Time
Madison Palmer	4^th	20:04
Isabella Morales	63^rd	25:02

The LCCC men's cross country team finished 13th overall. Michael Couture (Elyria, Ohio/Open Door Christian HS) led the way, finishing 17th overall out of 134 runners in the 8K race with a time of 27:51. Couture's finish will secure him NJCAA Cross Country Coaches Association All-American honors for the 2024 season.

Name	Place	Time
Michael Couture	17^th	27:51
Brady Hurst (LaGrange, Ohio/Keystone HS)	64^th	30:56
Andrew Hamilton (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS)	78^th	31:31
Rayan Zaidi (Amherst, Ohio/Marion L. Steele HS)	85^th	31:44
Braylon Miller (LaGrange, Ohio/Keystone HS)	91^st	32:30
Owen Thornsbury (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS)	104^th	33:41

For more information on LCCC Athletics, visit Athletics.lorainccc.edu.