Chris Gannon

Biography

Chris Gannon begins his eighth season as head coach of Creighton's cross country programs in 2025-26. Creighton has made huge strides in Gannon's first seven campaigns, as he helped the Bluejay women to a seventh-place finish in the rugged BIG EAST in both 2019 and 2020, a sixth-place men's finish at the 2022 BIG EAST Championships and a program-best fifth-place showing in 2023. CU was ranked as the fifth-most improved men's program in the country by The Wood Report in 2019. CU's 2024-25 campaign was one of its most successful yet. Creighton's men won both home cross country races, with Evan Kraus winning the Platte River Rumble Collegiate race. Marcos Gonzalez established the CU record in the 8K (24:28.1), while Evan Kraus smashed the 10K program-best with a time of 30:56.15 at the NCAA Regionals. The CU women also won the Platte River Rumble Collegiate team title. The Bluejays competed at the BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships for the first time, and its men's 4x800 relay earned a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. Javelin thrower Jacob Ludwick also transferred into the program, earning All-BIG EAST plaudits and qualifying for the NCAA First Round in outdoor track, where he placed 38th. The spring of 2024 also saw Creighton compete at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track Championships for the first time. Ryan Montera was CU's first male to ever compete in the BIG EAST Track Championships, smashing the school record in the 10K by 25 seconds. Marcos Gonzalez place