The Gustavus men’s cross country team placed 19th out of 35 teams at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Saturday. The Gusties were led by Nick Ross who placed 74th in a time of 28:17.
Coach Dale Bahr stated, “The team ran a solid race. Our top runner (Mark Hartman) dropped out because of an injury he sustained during the race. The others packed up very well and ran strong.”
The Gusties will not race next weekend and then will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Minnesota State, Mankato Invitational.
Gustavus’ top seven finishers:
1 74 Nick Ross 27:36.0
2 81 Anders Bowman 27:45.9
3 108 John Kennedy 28:11.9
4 115 Mark Bartley 28:16.1
5 118 Kurt Prieve 28:17.7
6 (168) Adam Lund 29:15.4
7 (178) Max Hanson 29:34.7