COLFAX, Wis. – Friday evening the Macalester men's cross country team traveled to Colfax, Wisconsin to compete in the competitive Blugold Invitational hosted by UW-Eau Claire, the defending NCAA DIII national champions.
The Scots placed 10th overall out of 15 teams with a score of 265 points. UW-Eau Claire took the top team spot with an impressive 29 points and Lakehead University's Kevin Tree was the first across the line of the 282 finishers with a time of 24:42.9.
The Mac Pack was led by senior
Lachlan Hinwood (Colfax, Wis./Colfax) who completed the course in 26:26.4 for 32nd place. Hinwood was followed by sophomore
Spencer Grant (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) who came through the line in 55th place running 26:53.1.
Third for the Scots was first year
Henry Harper (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park) who finished in 27:32.9 (94th). Finishing together for the Mac Pack's fourth and fifth scoring places were sophomores
Chris Boranian (Oakland, Calif./Head-Royce School) and
Mac Doherty (Madison, Wis./Madison East). Boranian finished in 27:41.0 (102nd) and Doherty in 27:42.4 for 104th.
"We ran a strong last 4K as a team to move into good company in the results," head coach
Matt Haugen said. "I was especially thrilled by the efforts of
Spencer Nelson,
Henry Harper and
Spencer Grant. It was a good day to be a Spencer."
The Scots will race again Saturday, Oct. 15 at the UW-La Crosse Jim Drews Invite in Ettrick, Wis.
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