Wabash competed against the best 45 NCAA Division III men's cross country teams Friday evening at the 2024 Pre-Nationals Championships hosted by Rose-Hulman at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Little Giants earned a 25th-place finish.
 
Teams competing at the meet were selected based on the current rankings in the latest national rankings. Wabash entered the meet ranked 32nd out of 46 teams accepted to race Friday evening. The Little Giant posted a 25th-place finish with a score of 704 points, edging out DePauw University in 26th place with 727 points. Pomona-Pitzer won the team competition with 65 points, finishing ahead of the top-ranked team coming into the meet from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Warhawk scored 82 points.
 
Senior Brayden Curnutt posted the top individual finish for the Little Giants, crossing the line in 26th place with a season-best time of 25:07.4. Haiden Diemer-McKinney raced to 104th place in a field of 405 total entries. The Wabash junior finished in a career-best 26:08.9.
 
Jacob Sitzman finished 170th overall with his time of 25:44.7. Will Neubauer and Justin Santiago crossed the finish line in 247th and 248th place, respectively. Neubauer turned in a season-best time of 27:25.11. Santiago posted a time of 27:26.13. Johnathan Loney added a 307th-place finish with his career-best time of 27:59.42. Angel Perez finished in a career-best time of 28:04.43 to capture 317th place. David Adesanya picked up a 318th-place finish with a career-best time of 28:04.61.
 
Wabash competes on October 16 at the Augustana Interregional Invitational in Rock Island, Illinois.