Hall of Fame
David Laney was part of the cross country team that was inducted to the Hall of Fame five years ago for winning both the men's and men's/women's combined NAIA championship in 2010. As a senior that fall, he turned in the team's top finish at the national race in 32 years by coming in fourth place to lead the title trek. It was his second consecutive All-America performance; with a seventh-place effort in 2009, he remains the men's program's only runner with multiple top-10 finishes at the NAIA Cross Country Championship. Laney, who came to SOU from Portland's Central Catholic High, was also a four-time all-conference performer in cross, helping the Raiders celebrate three consecutive titles from 2008-10, and was named the 2009 CCC Runner of the Year after claiming the individual title. Earlier that year on the track, he won the CCC's 10,000-meter championship.
