TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The No. 13 Washington University in St. Louis men's team ran at Indiana State's John McNichols Invite on Saturday morning.
The day featured a championship race and open race, both 8,000m, featuring largely Division I runners.
Champions 8,000m
Sophomore
Charlie Houck was the top Bears' finisher, coming in 139
th with a time of 25:24.0. Sophomore
Max Sudrzynski was not far behind in 142
nd, posting a time of 25:24.7.
Sophomore
Gavin O'Connor ran a time of 26:08.5 for 183
rd and junior
Ben Lorenz ran a time of 26:11.5 for 188
th.
Also running in the championship race was junior
Will Ruszkowski (26:29.6), junior
Sean Green (26:38.1), sophomore
Rishi Shadaksharappa (27:39.7) and senior
Will Liu (27:48.5).
Open 8,000m
First-year
Brody Cushing posted the top open time for the Bears, finished 42
nd in 26:47.4. Junior Ryan Brink posted a time of 26:48.6 for 45
th and first-year
Lukas Keane ran a time of 27:06.9 for 56
th.
Also running for the Bears was senior
Kaleb McElfish (27:10.5), first-year
Riley Wold (27:13.0), first-year
Grey Donner (27:14.2), senior
Calvin Crossland (27:44.8), sophomore
Dominic Buckman (27:45.5), junior
Caleb Brox (27:45.7), sophomore
Mateo Gros-Slovinsky (27:46.7), first-year
Ryan Lien (27:46.7), first-year
Brandon Sun (28:13.0), sophomore
Ilan Sherman-Kadish (28:15.1), senior
Russell Kramer (28:16.0), sophomore
Bankson Roach (28:25.5) and sophomore Charlie Gatz (28:25.6).
The Bears are back in action on Saturday, October 3 at the Running of the Cows (pre-nationals championship) hosted by Carleton.
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