The Dana Cross Country team is focused on two things: team success and personal attention. Everything the runners do is done for the betterment of the team. Runners at Dana receive attention from the coaching staff that is unavailable at other schools.

The results have been fantastic, both in terms of athletic and academic success. Since 1995, 46 Dana College runners have earned a place on the starting line at the NAIA National Championships. Four times, Dana's teams have placed in the top seven. Six Dana runners have won All-American awards. Eleven Vikings have come home with All-American Scholar-Athlete honors. Dana teams have earned Scholar Team awards five times. You will achieve personal success if you come to run at Dana, count on it!

The Vikings are focused on turning above-average high school talent into dominant All-Americans at the NAIA level. How does he know it can happen? He experienced it while running for Dana.