ACC runners struggle early at MSS Stampede

The seventh-ranked men’s and women’s Allen County cross country teams are not quite where head coach Vince DeGrado would like them to be.
On Sept. 15, the Red Devils traveled to Joplin to compete in the Missouri Southern State Stampede and came away with a second-place finish on the men’s side and a fifth-place finish for the women.
For the first time in DeGrado’s coaching tenure — including his stint at Cowley County — both teams finished behind Hutchinson with the women also finishing behind Cowley. That, amongst other things, bothered the still- suspended Red Devils…