The Illinois Cross Country Club had strong performances Friday (Oct. 4) evening, sending partial squads to compete at the Illinois Wesleyan University Titan Invitational.
On the women”s side, Hannah Smith was the top IXC club runner with a time of 21:17.0 to finish 16th over all on the 5K course, followed by Tiffany Lam in 17th place with a time of 21:21.3. Paige Oboikovitz and Emma Burkhardt took 19th and 20th place with times of 21:39.5 and 21:41.3 respectively, while Hannah Behle rounded out the scoring five, running 21:58.9 for 22nd.
Nathan Smith was the first Illinois finisher, navigating the 8K course in a time of 28:04.2, finishing 6th over all. The next four Illinois runners finished less then five seconds apart, taking 13th place through 16th place. Greg Netols led the pack with a time of 28:54.3, followed by David Choi (28:58.1), Dakota Morales (28:58.5), and Sean Bruyere (28:58.8).
The Illinois Cross Country Club will field full squads this Saturday (10/12) at the Lucian Rose Invitational, hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Parkside in Somers, WI.
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