George Fox University

George Fox's first NAIA national champion, Steve Blikstad, won NAIA All-American awards three times in track and once in cross country. After taking second as a sophomore and  third as a junior in the steeplechase, he won the national championship in 1979 . Blikstad broke five school records and helped set two school relay records in track. He competed at the NAIA national cross country meet four times, earning All-American honors for his 19th-place finish in 1976.