The final round of the 2026 Progressive Grand National Cross Country Championship turned into one of the most dramatic finishes of the season. What began as a somewhat anticlimactic conclusion to the 2026 Progressive Grand National Cross Country Championship turned into one of the most dramatic finishes of the season, as eight-time GNCC Champion Kailub Russell snatched victory from teammate Liam Draper in the closing miles of Sunday’s Buckwheat 100 GNCC in.