The University of Saint Mary Men's XC team traveled to Lincoln Nebraska this past Saturday, September 20^th to compete in the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirkson Invite, co-hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University and The University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
 
Spire men finished 3^rd overall as a team in the 8000-meter race. Familiar faces Kenneth Howell and Aleks Krikov finished closely at 7^th place (25:15.0) and 11^th place (25:29.0) respectively out of 236 other runners. Fellow Spire Jonah Godina finished in 25^th place with a time of 25:54.3 and Derebe Carr close behind in 27^th place and a time of 25:56.1.

Head Coach, Alstin Benton, optimistically outlined the weekend stating, "The team is making solid progress for the season so far. We are doing a good job at learning how to stay competitive and focused for 20 plus minutes which is crucial for our success in the long run. Now we have to take that competitive focus and narrow in on the race specific aspect of training and racing." 
 
Spire XC will be back in action at the University of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday, October 4^th in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Place		Name	Time		Points		Year
7	Kenneth Howell			25:15.0		7		SR
11	Aleksandr Krikov			25:29.0		11		SR
25	Jonah Godina			25:54.3		25		SO
27	Derebe Carr			25:56.1		27		FR
32	Austin Howell			26:04.2		32		JR
36	Brayden Marcotte			26:08.4		35		JR
38	Camden Bachman			26:12.5		37		JR
40	Kevin Nava			26:13.8		—		JR
43	Jorge Perez			26:15.2		—		SO
48	Prince Ntozo			26:22.6		—		SR
56	James White			26:33.2		—		SO
60	Cody Ford			26:45.2		—		JR
70	Mohamed Elgossy			26:52.9		—		FR
98	Parker O'Dell			27:39.2		—		JR
104	Gavin Williams			27:41.9		—		FR
107	Dalton Kerns			27:44.5		—		SO
115	Jonathan Eckstein			27:52.1		—		SO
129	Zackary Zumwalt			28:07.8		—		FR
132	David Roberson JR			28:10.0		—		FR
144	Owen Dierenfeldt			28:28.2		—		FR
149	Braden Wells			28:33.2		—		FR
160	Lukas Hein			28:50.8		—		SO
178	Rylan Trout			29:24.2		—		FR