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Cross Country Team Faces Top Teams In The Nation At Notre Dame

The Red Pack welcomed coach Rob Johnson back from Australia this week, and got back to business on the course by traveling to South Bend to participate in the Notre Dame Invitational. The Little Giants faced some of the top teams in the nation in cross country, finishing 16th out of 18 teams.

Jared Smit (Lafayette, IN/Central Catholic) led the way for Wabash. Smit toured the 8,000-meter course in 25:47, finishing 14th overall and just 40 seconds behind the winner. Mark Sherer (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) was 67th with a time of 26:58, freshman Dan Ruge (Chesterton, IN/Chesterton) was 99th, finishing in 27:40. Brandon Shipp (Indianapolis, IN/Franklin Central) took 103rd (27:53), Ken Shelton (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence North) was 106th (28:03), Zach Medler (Noblesville, IN/Noblesville) was 11th (28:13), and Dan Sweet (West Bloomfield, MI/Culver Military Academy) was 117th (28:37).

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MEN TEAM RESULTS - GOLD

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1. CALVIN COLLEGE

2 6 7 15 17 (59) (74) = 47

2. WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH

3 5 11 13 20 (31) = 52

3. HILLSDALE COLLEGE

12 23 26 27 29 (61) (84) = 117

4. WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT

1 18 30 36 39 (43) (54) = 124

5. HEIDELBERG COLLEGE

22 28 32 38 53 (56)(102) = 173

6. YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY

25 33 34 46 50 (73) (81) = 188

7. AKRON

4 41 42 52 71 (78) = 210

8. ANDERSON UNIVERSITY

16 21 37 51 99 (106)(119) = 224

9. AUGUSTANA

40 48 55 57 58 (76) (93) = 258

10. SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY

9 19 70 77 88 (95)(109) = 263

11. CHICAGO

24 49 62 64 67 (86) (94) = 266

12. RIT

44 60 69 79 83 (87)(101) = 335

13. SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY

10 63 82 90 92 (100)(113) = 337

14. INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

45 65 68 80 89 (91) (96) = 347

15. UW PARKSIDE

35 47 85 98 105 (111)(120) = 370

16. WABASH COLLEGE

14 66 97 103 104 (108)(114) = 384

17. ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

8 75 116 117 122 = 438

18. WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY

72 107 110 112 115 (118)(121) = 516

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