2024 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Honors & Awards
- 2023 NCAA Division III All-American
- 2023 Great Lakes All-Region
- 2023 First Team All-OAC
- 2022 Great Lakes All-Region
- 2022 Second Team All-OAC
- 2021 USTFCCCA Academic All-American
- 2021 OAC Men's Freshman-of-the-Year
- 2021 Great Lakes All-Region
- 2021 First Team All-OAC
2023 Cross Country
- Earned his first-ever NCAA Division III All-American accolade in cross country placing 37th overall with a time of 25:07.1 at the 2023 NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships (11/18)
- Ran a PR of 24:14.0 earning Great Lakes All-Region honors, a top-ten finish (10th), and third consecutive Great Lakes Regional title at the 2023 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Cross Country Championships (11/11)
- Placed 3rd at the 2023 OAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:34.8 earning first-team All-OAC honors and third consecutive OAC team title (10/28)
- Earned a 46th-place finish at the 2023 Pre-Nationals Invitational running 25:45.5 helping the team place 8th overall (10/07)
2022 Cross Country
- Amidst tough conditions, Champa capped off his sophomore season with a 49th place finish out of 292 total runners (25:43.7) at the 2022 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships (11/19)
- Finished top-15 (14th place) in a time of 24:42.4 (season PR) to earn All-Region Honors at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional (11/12)
- Awarded second-team All-OAC honors with a 12th-place finish out of 159 total conference competitors during the 2022 OAC Championships, finishing in a time of 26:47.5 (10/29)
- Earned a top-10 finish (9th place) amongst 299 total runners during the varsity division of the 2022 Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, where he rumbled to a time of 25:22.6 (10/15)
- Competed for a 290th place finish out of 416 total runners in the varsity gold division of the Paul Short Invitational, besting a time of 25:16.0 (09/30)
- Raced a time of 25:55.54 at the MSU Spartan Invitational, besting exactly 200 runners in the field (09/16)
- During his sophomore season debut, Champa earned a top-5 finish (4th place) at the Bill Sudeck Classic in a 6k time of 19:36.2 (09/02)
2021 Cross Country
- Made his season debut at the Sudeck Classic, earning an 11th place finish with a time of 20:04.1. (09/02)
- Finished 19th at the All-Ohio Collegiate Championships in the open race with at time of 27:15.3. (9/17)
- Placed 25th running a huge PR of 25:30.7 at the 2021 Paul Short Invitational in the open race. (10/01)
- Finished 24th amongst a large 306 runner field at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with a time of 26:15.6 in the varsity race. (10/16)
- Ran another huge PR of 25:26.9, placing sixth at the 2021 OAC Cross Country Championships, earning  (10/30)Â
- Placed 23rd at the NCAA DIII Great Lakes Regional Championship in a time of 25:29.7 to earn All-Region honors and help the team win the region. (11/13)Â
- In his first National Championship, Champa finished 60th in an impressive time of 24:35.1 to help the Blue Streaks place 4th in the country. (11/20)
High School
- 2020 OHSAA Division II Individual Cross Country State Champion
- Member of 2020, 2019, 2018 OHSAA Division II Boys Cross Country Team State Champions
- 2021 OHSAA Division II Indoor Track & Field 1600m ChampionÂ
- 2021 4x800 State Champions
- 2021 3200m Individual ChampionÂ
- 2021 OHSAA Division IIÂ Outdoor Boys Track & Field State ChampionsÂ
- FCCLA Co - President
- NHS member
- Man of the YearÂ
Academics & Personal
- Son of Don & Amanda Champa
- Chose JCU because "I loved all the people and the campus"
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