The Carthage College men's cross country team (28-24) won the Saturday, Oct. 10 Ripon College Invitational in Ripon, Wis.  The Red Men won the seven-team event with 34 points, one point ahead of second-place Ripon at 35.  Wisconsin-Stevens Point was third at 62, followed by the Wisconsin Track Club fourth at 96, Lawrence University fifth at 142, an unattached Wisconsin-Stevens Point team sixth at 177 and the Greater Milwaukee Track Club seventh with 196 points.  

Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Spencer Houk won the 8K race with a time of 26:27.25.  Carthage's Jake Mahaffey (Fr., Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) was third at 26:39.77, Justin Sebens (Jr., Seymour, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) fifth at 26:46.96, Josh Keck (Fr., Minooka, Ill.) seventh at 27:02.79, Tom Baran (So., Chicago, Ill./Niles-Notre Dame) eighth at 27:05.02, and Tyler Wishau (Sr., Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge) was 11th at 27:24.02.  

Also finishing for the Red Men were Alex Nelson (Fr. Red Wing, Minn.) 18th at 27:38.48, Derek Hall (So., Ingleside, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) 20th at 27:42.80, Josh Solorio (Jr., West Allis, Wis./Milwaukee-West Allis Central) 22nd at 27:47.47, Bill Quade (Jr., Lindenhurst, Ill./Lake Villa-Lakes Community) 25th at 27:56.09, Klayton Reed (So., Bluffton, Ind./Ossian-Norwell) 27th at 28:11.36, B.J. Fuller (So., Lake Villa, Ill..Lakes Community) 29th at 28:39.48, Joe Stubenvoll (Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) 31st at 28:48.58, Russell Wetzel (So., Champaign, Ill./Central) 36th at 29:15.36, Marshall Stewart (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) 37th at 29:21.83, Jose Flores (So., Round Lake, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) 38th at 29:22.87, Kenton Rauwerdink (Sr., Hingham, Wis./Oostburg) 42nd at 29:35.60, Eddie Schwab (Fr., Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North) 43rd at 29:36.39, Dustin Parker (Fr., Waterford, Wis./Union) 44th at 29:50.73, Phil Rood (So., Forreston, Ill.) 47th at 30:13.61, Ryan Weber (Jr., Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) 50th at 31:21.75 and Nick Colona (Jr., East Alton, Ill./East Alton-Wood River) 53rd at 31:50.48.  

Carthage travels to Winneconne, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 17 for the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational at the Lake Breeze Golf Course, beginning at 11:15 a.m.