LANSING, Mich. - The Kalamazoo College men's cross country team competed in the Lansing CC Invite on Friday (Sept. 23) at Grand Woods Park. The Hornets finished in fifth place out of 19 teams with 199 points. Kalamazoo was the top NCAA DIII team to finish as the field featured NCAA DII, NCAA DIII, NAIA, and NJCCA teams.
Hillsdale won the event with 41 points, with Davenport coming in second (57 points), Lansing CC in third (59 points), Spring Arbor in fourth (96 points), and the Hornets came in fifth.
Will Thomas was the first to cross the line at Kalamazoo in 34th with a time of 27:11. Rob Kloosterman was not far behind in 39th at 27:19, and then Miles Buckley finished 47th at 27:44.
Patrick Dunfee, Noah Eckenroth, Garrick Hohm, and Levi Thomas rounded out the scoring for the Hornets. Dunfee came in 62nd (28:25), Eckenroth in 73rd (28:36), then Hohm and Thomas in 109th and 110th (29:56).
Also running for the Hornets were Keegan Reynolds (31:12), Bryce Soisson (31:33), and Caleb Ewald (31:38).
"The men's team let their racing do the talking today," said head coach Kyle Morrison. "Times were out the window with warm temperatures, but we took fifth overall and met the goal of being atop the MIAA schools competing. There's so much in store for these guys down the stretch. We had a couple of very strong races from Rob and Patrick."
Kalamazoo will head to Grand Rapids to compete in the Calvin Knight Invite on Friday (Sept. 29).