GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University men's cross country team placed 13th out of 22 teams in the Maroon race at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge on Saturday at Riverside Park.
The field featured 11 teams ranked in the latest NAIA Top 25, including six in the top 13. No. 5 Madonna claimed the championship with 32 points, followed by No. 10 Marian with 117 and No. 3 College of Idaho with 126.
Luke Morehouse paced the Cougars with a career-best 24:57.5 over the 8,000-meter course, breaking 25 minutes for the first time and finishing 30th overall.
All five SAU scorers posted collegiate career bests and finished under 26 minutes.
Joey Bowman placed 46th in 25:13.7, followed by
Chase Hobson in 74th at 25:31.3.
Jack Bruder finished 96th in 25:47.9, while
Logan Detloff rounded out the scoring in 102nd at 25:52.3.
The Cougars totaled 338 points, finishing just three points behind Aquinas, which was receiving votes in the national ratings. SAU's five scorers finished within 54.8 seconds of one another.
Robert Dodd crossed in 118th at 26:02.7, followed by
Cooper Singleton in 151st at 26:55.3.
Spring Arbor returns to action Friday, Nov. 6, at the Crossroads League Championship hosted by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.
