The men's cross country program at Shawnee State put together a fitting capper to a 2019 season that ranks among the best in program history as the Bears collected their best finish at the NAIA National Championships in six years with a seventh place showing in the 64th edition of the event, which was held at the Fort Vancouver National Site in Vancouver, Wash. on Friday.

Shawnee State, who posted 228 points to place seventh in the 37-team field, finished just three points behind St. Mary's (Kan.) for sixth place. The Bears also finished within 25 points of a top-five showing as the College of Idaho, who entered the national championships with a second-place ranking in the national poll, collected 203 points as a team.