The Carthage College men’s cross country team (25-24) finished sixth at the Friday, Oct. 2 Carthage Invitational at the Wisconsin-Parkside course in Somers, Wis. Wheaton College (Ill.) won the eight-team event with 24 points, followed by North Central College second at 42, St. Norbert College third at 111, Wisconsin-Oshkosh fourth at 133, Edgewood College fifth at 136, Carthage sixth at 160, Wisconsin-Whitewater seventh at 161 and Harper College eighth with 162 points.
North Central College’s Jacob Austin won the 8K race with a time of 26:13.30. Carthage’s Tom Baran (So., Chicago, Ill./Niles-Notre Dame) was 14th at 27:21.00, B.J. Fuller (So., Lake Villa, Ill./Lakes Community) 47th at 28:22.60, Paul Smith (Fr., Algonquin, Ill./Carpentersville—Dundee-Crown) 48th 28:27.80, Klayton Reed (So., Bluffton, Ind./Ossian-Norwell) 50th at 28:28.90, Jose Flores (So., Round Lake, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) 59th at 28:51.90, Tylor Lewis (Sr., Waterford, Wis./Union) 60th at 28:52.60, Bill Quade (Jr., Lindenhurst, Ill./Lake Villa-Lakes Community) 71st at 29:19.90, Joe Stubenvoll (Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) 80th at 29:44.80, Eddie Schwab (Fr., Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North) 83rd 29:56.60, Dustin Parker (Fr., Waterford, Wis./Union) 91st at 30:35.40, Nick Colona (Jr., East Alton, Ill./East Alton-Wood River) 92nd at 30:39.90, Kenton Rauwerdink (Sr., Hingham, Wis./Oostburg) 94th at 30:45.70, Marshall Stewart (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) 95th at 30:45.90, Phillip Rood (So., Forreston, Ill.) 96th at 31:35.00 and Anthony Sterk (Fr., Sterling, Ill./Newman Central Catholic) 102nd at 33:44.60.