HAYS, Kan. – Kansas Wesleyan Men's Cross Country finished in eighth place on Saturday at the Fort Hays State Open.
The Coyotes were eighth out of 13 teams in the meet that featured NCAA Division II schools, NJCAA schools and NAIA schools. KWU finished with 223 points, besting Cloud County CC who had 265.
Colorado School of Mines was the team champion with 48 points, well ahead of second place Haskell with 104. Saint Mary was third with 116.
Ethan Ochana paced the Coyote finishers in 48th with a time of 26:15.9 over the 8K course.
Evan Pearce was 54th in 26:29.6,
Braulio Torres was 62nd in 26:45.9,
Landon Steeger was 77th in 27:14.9, Barka Bapeng was 83rd in 27:27,
Isaiah Smith was 102nd in 28:15.6 and
Roman Mai was 120th in 30:16.9.
There were 143 runners that finished the race.
The Coyotes are back in action on October 24 at the NAIA Blazing Tiger in Omaha, Nebraska.
