LOUISVILLE – Thomas Toth capped off his senior season with an 11th place finish out of 245 runners at the NCAA National Championships on Saturday morning.  The finish is Cameron's highest in program history and earned him All-American honors.

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Toth finished the 10,000 meter race in 30:56.2 which is CU's fastest time at the national meet; he was the highest finishing runner out of the Lone Star Conference, and fourth best out of the south central region. 

"Today's race was muddy, windy, cold and nasty day which was a perfect strength for a like Thomas," said head coach Zach Johnson.  "Thomas had the best individual season in program history, he won a conference title, and finished 11th in the nation after not even qualifying for nationals last season."

Toth climbed quickly from 64th place at the 1800 meter scoring loop to 15th with a time of 15:57.3 at the 5000 meter loop.  By the time he reached the four mile marker, Toth climbed another four places with a time at 20:43.2.   At the second to last loop, Toth climbed up to tenth place but slid back one slot in the final 1400 meters to 11th overall, and 54 seconds back of the leader.

Cameron's previous best finish at nationals was 23rd by Julius Korir in 2009 with a time at 32:06.1.

Adams State's Tabor Stevens won the event with a time of 30:02.0 after passing Aaron Dinzeo (California U) and Mike Biwott (American International) in the final 1400 meters.

ASU would win their third national title in a row with 65 points, Grand Valley State finished second, and Augustana (S.D.) was third.  West Texas A&M, who was the only other LSC representatives at nationals placed 11th overall.