VANCOUVER, WA (11/15) The Cornerstone Men's Cross Country team heads into the 2012 NAIA Cross Country National Championship with an experienced crew that includes four seniors, Zach Bourdon, Jared Courtright, Travis Mabe and Cody Risch.

Mabe and Jared have paced the Golden Eagles this season, having joined the team with little in the way of high school experience. "It was a building process and they had a lot to learn," said coach Nate Van Holten. "There were instances their freshman year when I could see that down the road good things would happen." Van Holten saw great progress in the pair as sophomores and even as seniors notices that they continue to learn about how to race and train.