The Little Giants finished ninth in the team scoring with 255 points.
Smit toured the course in 25:42 to earn his top-ten finish. He missed making a trip to the Nationals as a sophomore due to a knee injury that forced him out of competition for the season.
Junior Mark Sherer (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) was 30th (26:37), sophomore Dan Ruge (Chesterton, IN/Chesterton) finished 38th (26:47), freshman Sean Dillon (Carthage, IN/Rushville) was 83rd (27:42), Dan Sweet (West Bloomfield, MI/Culver Military Academy) finished in 102nd place (28:00), and Brandon Shipp (Indianapolis, IN/Franklin Central) was 140th (28:44) in the 210-runner field.
The NCAA National Championship meet will take place on Saturday, November 17 at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.