On Nov 19, Nick Hall placed 16th out of 248 other athletes at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships held in St. Leo Florida and received his second All-American award.

This was Hall’s second time competing at the National Cross Country Meet, he first earned the award and competed in the meet in 2014 when he placed 19th.

According to Ashland University’s Cross Country page, Hall’s placement “is the Ashland men’s program’s highest since Nick Cordes took second at 2002 nationals in Ashland, and he is the program’s first multiple All-American since Cordes.”

“Each year for the past few years the national championships has gotten more and more competitive. His performance this year was much stronger than it was two years ago,” coach Thomas Scott said. “He has worked really hard his entire collegiate career and he continues to see the results of that.  Although he was 16th overall, I believe he was the 7th American.”

Nick Hall had a big support system down in Florida with him, “It was a matter of feeling the support all the way from Ohio, and my family who traveled here to pick me up and close.”