Lewis University

The Lewis softball team won its league-best 11th Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Championship after defeating Maryville in the semifinals then Indianapolis in the championship game on May 7.

The Lewis University men's cross country team finished in second place at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships at Principia College Cross Country Course hosted by McKendree University. The Flyers were denied their bid for a third straight crown when they finished with 36 points finishing behind first time champion University of Illinois Springfield who finished with 35 points. The team race came down to the closest score in GLVC Cross Country Championships history, a record previously held by Lewis in 2004 when they knocked of Southern Indiana by 2 points, and Southern Indiana who knocked off Wisconsin Parkside in 2015 by 2 points as well.

ELASH, Ill. -- The Lewis University women's cross country team won the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship title at Principia College Cross Country Course hosted by McKendree University. The team finished with 44 points, 18 points over runner up Southwest Baptist who scored 62. The Flyers had 7 runners place in the top 16 and earn all GLVC Honors.

Lewis University's Keegan Zack (Watseka, Ill./Watseka Community) earned honorable mention All-America honors thanks to his 10th place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the GVSU Lacrosse/Track and Field Complex on Saturday afternoon in Allendale, Mich. Lewis University's Keegan Zack (Watseka, Ill./Watseka Community) earned honorable mention All-America honors thanks to his 10th place finish in the triple...

Lewis University's men's cross country team found success once again at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships coming in second overall with 64 points and was the top finisher among non-Division I schools on Friday (Sept. 17) in South Bend, Ind. The Flyers had four runners place in the top 20. Anthony Farmer (Elgin, Ill./Burlington Central) and Dustin Macuiba (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) finished fifth and 10th for the Flyers with times of 25:05.5 and 25:48.5 in the 8-kilometer (4.9 mile) race. Farmer had an average mile time of 5:02.8 while Macuiba averaged 5.11.5 per mile. Garret White and Anthony Pena (East Moline, Ill./Pleasant Valley (Iowa)) finished 12th and 14th in the race with times of 25:59.1 and 26:11.8. White averaged 5:13.6 per mile and Pena averaged 5:16.2. Zach Fresenko (Louisville, Ohio/Louisville), Charlie Wirth (Greenville, Wis./Hortonville), Sean Ryan (Independence, Ky./Saint Henry), and Joshua Segura placed 27th, 32nd, 35th, and 36th respectfully. They finished with times of 26:47.2, 26:57.6, 26:59.8, and 27:01.9.