Titans Finish Second At Kollege Town Sports Invitational
Led by the top 10 individual performances of Lucas Weber and Michael Juarez, UW-Oshkosh finished second among 26 teams at the Kollege Town Sports Men's Cross Country Invitational held Saturday (Oct. 14) at the Lake Breeze Golf in Winneconne.
UW-Oshkosh totaled 108 team points as Weber finished fourth, Juarez ninth, Cody Chadwick 20th, Brian McKnight 41st and Dan Massey 49th in a field of 362 runners.
Augustana College (Ill.) captured the team competition with 97 points. The Vikings were followed by UW-Oshkosh, third-place Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) with 116, fourth-place Willamette University (Ore.) with 134 and fifth-place Wheaton College (Ill.) with 148.
Rounding out the top 10 teams were sixth-place Carthage College with 171 points, seventh-place Heidelberg University (Ohio) with 184, eighth-place Aurora University (Ill.) with 196, ninth-place UW-Stout with 243 and 10th-place Lake Forest College (Ill.) with 257. UW-Stout entered the meet ranked 19th in the NCAA Division III by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Weber paced UW-Oshkosh by completing the 8,000-meter course with a time of 25:40 while Juarez finished in 25:57, Chadwick in 26:22, McKnight in 26:54 and Massey in 26:59.
Non-collegian Nathan Routheri claimed the individual title with his time of 25:21. Austin Neura of Heidelberg University placed second in 25:24, Josh Janusiak of Lawrence University third in 25:38, Weber fourth and Keith Carlson of Willamette University fifth in 25:40.
The top 10 individual listings also featured Mitchell Johnson and Brandon Wilkerson of Augustana College finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, with a time of 25:51. Michael Montague of Willamette University placed eighth in 25:55, Juarez ninth and Wesley Meyer of Olivet Nazarene University 10th in 26:00.
In addition to its point scorers, UW-Oshkosh also had Noah O'Neill finish 51st with a time of 27:02, Skyler Yunk 58th in 27:08, Noah Bruehl 67th in 27:15, Jacob Rost 81st in 27:27, Bennett Krueger 90th in 27:35, Jack Rindahl 92nd in 27:36, Spencer Muffler 118th in 27:57, Andrew George 121st in 28:01, Corbin Bevry 130th in 28:10 and Austin Baker 149th in 28:21.
UW-Oshkosh returns to the Lake Breeze Golf Club on Friday (Oct. 20) to host a four-team meet with UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater.