Published on November 16, 2015 by Joey Mullins
Arsène Guillorel became the first ever Samford male cross country student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships after his performance at the NCAA South Regional meet Nov. 13. The national championships are Nov. 21 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.