November 19, 2005
Nasiro-Sigo comes up short in NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country national championship bid

DELEWARE, Ohio – The opportunity for an NCAA Division III individual national championship and All-American honors came up a little short for Methodist runner Husein Nasiro-Sigo on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.

The Monarchs’ Mason-Dixon Conference, USA South Athletic Conference and Division III South/Southeast Region champion was amongst the leaders heading into the final stretch of the race. However, Nasiro-Sigo fell with a mile-and-a-half to go and could not finish the race.

He was running in the lead pack with Williams’ Neal Holtschulte, Widener’s Macharia Yuot and Calvin’s Tim Finnegan when the accident took place. Holtschulte eventually won the national championship on the men’s side in a time of 25:28.9. In the team competition, Wisconsin-La Crosse won the Division III National Championship with 92 points.