Results
The Carthage College men's cross country team (40-55) finished sixth at the Saturday, Oct. 29 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Cross Country Championship at the Montrose Harbor and Golf Course in Chicago. North Central College won its 45th league title and 38th in a row with 15 points. Wheaton College (Ill.) was second at 53, followed by Augustana College (Ill.) third at 76, Illinois Wesleyan University fourth at 120, Elmhurst College fifth at 138, Carthage sixth at 158, Millikin University seventh at 214 and North Park University eighth with 250 points.
North Central's Matt Perez took individual honors with a time of 25:15.87, while teammate Neal Kline was second at 25:23.95. 27:04.21. Carthage's
Jake Mahaffey (Jr., Mahomet, Ill. /Mahomet-Seymour) finished 28th with a time of 27:04.21, and
J.D. Fuller (Fr., Woodstock, Ill) was 37th at 27:40.45
Will Novorolsky (So., Elburn, Ill./St. Charles-North) was 40th at 27:50.75,
Grant Seiler (Jr., Greenfield, Wis./Whitnall) 41st at 27:51.57, and
Derek Hall (Sr., Ingleside, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) was 45th 28:12.96. Also running for the Red Men were
Alex Nelson (Jr., Red Wing, Minn.) 53rd at 28:41.46,
Josh Keck (Jr., Minooka, Ill.) 55th at 28:59.41,
Jose Flores (Sr., Round Lake, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) 56th at 29:17.51 and
Russell Wetzel (Sr., Champaign, Ill./Central) 57th at 29:29.72.
Carthage is idle on Saturday, Nov. 5 and completes its season on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill., beginning at Noon.