No. 13 Men's Cross Country Finishes Ninth at John McNichols Invite

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The No. 13 Washington University in St. Louis men's cross country team got its first look at the course that will host this year's NCAA Championship on Saturday while participating in the John McNichols Invite. Div. I Indiana State hosted the event on the LaVern Gibson Course that featured both a Div. I race as well as an open 8k that featured a strong field of Div. III teams. The Bears finished in 9^th place in the open event out of 27 total teams.

Wisconsin-La Crosse earned the team crown with 46 points with Wartburg (72) finishing runner-up. North Central (95), Johns Hopkins (141), and NYU (144) rounding out the top five. The University of Lynchburg finished sixth with 245 points, Calvin finished seventh with 246 points and Illinois-Springfield was eighth with 263 points.

The Bears finished just one point behind in ninth with 264 points. Washington and Lee was 10^th with 286 points.

In the field of 385, graduate Cullen Capuano turned in the top time for WashU. He registered a 12^th place finished with his time of 24.25.0. Senior Alexander Gadin was the next Bear to complete the 8k course, finishing 53^rd with a mark of 25:32.6.

Graduate Jack Maranz (25:47.8) crossed the finish line in 75^th place. First-years Ilan Sherman-Kadish (25:52.0) and Ben Lorenz (25:52.5) were 81^st and 82^nd, respectively. Classmate Sean Green (25:59.1) was 97^th while senior Jesse Sanchez (26:00.2) finished just inside the top 100 in 99^th place.

Also finishing in the top 150 for the Bears were senior Fernando Ribeiro Duraes (26:03.3 – 101^st), junior Alexander Bullard (26:12.0 – 114^th), sophomore Will Liu (26:15.2 – 122^nd), and junior Maxwell Latshaw (26:31.4 – 143^rd).

WashU will look to take advantage of having competed on the course in two weeks when they take part in the Nike XC Twilight meet on Friday, October 4. The Men's College Open 8k will take place at 7:15 p.m. with the College Championship 8k race kicking things off at 9:45 p.m. The College Championship race will feature the top 10 among the NCAA Division III teams.

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