IWU Men Win Third-Straight CL Championship

Crossroads League Championships Central

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Indiana Wesleyan men's cross country won their third straight League Championship Saturday and their seventh in eight tries. The Wildcats posted a score of 34 and a total time of 2:06:37 as a team. Indiana Wesleyan had eight runners finish in the Top-20.

The Wildcats were led by Chris Maxon and Jesse Saxton, who both placed in the top five. With the win, the men receive an automatic bid to the 64th Annual Men's Cross-Country National Championships in Vancouver, Washington on November 22, 2019.

EVENT VITALS

Crossroads League Championship

• Team Finish: Indiana Wesleyan – 1st of 10
• Number of Runners: 147
• Location: South Bend, Ind. St. Patrick's Park

TOP 7

• No. 1: Chris Maxon: 2nd, 24:57.7
• No. 2: Jesse Saxton: 4th, 25:08.6
• No. 3: Jared Williams: 7th, 25:17.1
• No. 4: Landon Miller: 9th, 25:30.8
• No. 5: Adrien Howard: 12th, 25:42.4

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• No. 6: Steven Ott: 13th, 25:44.3
• No. 7: Matthew Ruppert: 17th, 25:48.7

ON THE COURSE

1. #6 - Indiana Wesleyan 34
2. #4 - Taylor 42
3. #10 - Huntington 61
4. #RV - Goshen 128
5. Marian (Ind.) 143
6. Mount Vernon Nazarene 182
7. Grace 195
8. Spring Arbor 195
9. St. Francis (Ind.) 240
10. Bethel (Ind.) 312

FOSS PERSPECTIVE

• Really excited to see the men step up and run to their full potential today. We took on excellent competition including the number 4 ranked team, and we held our own.

UP NEXT

• Men's Cross Country heads to Vancouver, Wash. for the 64th Annual NAIA National Championship on November 22nd. The race starts at 11:45 AM at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

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