SCORING SEVEN

• Row Sterne placed 21st with a time of 24:34.2.
• Keaton Rush was the second General to cross the finish line in a time of 24:40.9 and placed 24th. 
• Chris Ruiz and Jackson Kodenski took 40th and 41st place in times of 24:53.8 and 24:54.3, respectively.
• Ruiz jumped up 11 positions over the last 1000 meters. 
• Thomas Franklin clocked in at 25:08.3 and placed 55th for 49 team points.
• Josh Fingerhut placed 74th in a time of 25:26.0, Fingerhut passed four runners in the last 1000 meter stretch. 
• Jackson Jacobs rounded out the scoring seven with a time of 25:30.1 in 84th place. 

THE FIELD

• The field consisted of 376 runners and 25 institutions. 
• The Generals' spread of 34.1 seconds across the 8k is a 20 second improvement from the team's spread at the Paul Short Invitational the last time out. 
• Row Sterne's time of 24:34.5 is the second fastest 8k time in W&L men's cross country history and Rush's was the third fastest. 
  • The only 8k time faster than Sterne and Rush was at the 1983 DIII Championships when Angus McBryde recorded a time of 24:19 to finish 10th in the country. 
• The team's average time of 24:50.3 is the best mark in program history. 
• Sixth-ranked Carnegie Mellon won the team title with a score of 31 points (3-5-6-8-9). 
• The ODAC's 12th-ranked University of Lynchburg finished second with 50 points (1-2-11-12-24). 
• Frank Csorba and Chasen Hunt finished one-two for the Hornets. 
• To view the final results click here. 

W&L INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

• Henry Haden - 26:27.9

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