Men's Cross Country got a career best race from Jake Guttormson and the young team followed his lead to a seventh place team finish at the Viterbo College Border Battle on Saturday.

A lightning delay followed by a flooding rain resulted in both North Central University Cross Country teams having their season opening meet at Kenwood Park washed away.

Over the last week the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference has released the pre-season coaches polls for most of the fall sports and the Rams are predicted to look up at most of the league in 2014.

North Central University Athletics held their second annual Athletics Awards Gala on Sunday in the Trask Word & Worship Center Sanctuary where the Athletes of the Year and the Evans Freshman Leadership Award winners were announced.

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its Scholar Team Awards on Tuesday and NCU Men's & Women's Cross Country were each named on the distinguished list.