UPLAND, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University men's cross country team finished fifth out of 10 teams at the Crossroads League Championship on Friday at The Farm on the campus of Taylor University.
 
The Cougars, who received votes in the latest NAIA national poll, scored 136 points and finished behind four nationally ranked teams. No. 5 Marian won the title with 51 points, followed by No. 12 Indiana Wesleyan (62), No. 14 Goshen (78) and No. 25 Taylor (92).
 
Joey Bowman led Spring Arbor with a 19th-place finish, covering the 8K course in 25:24.2. Luke Morehouse placed 24th in 25:35.4, and Chase Hobson took 26th in 25:44.8 to give the Cougars three finishers under 26 minutes.
 
Logan Detloff and Jack Bruder rounded out the scoring five, finishing a tenth of a second apart. Detloff took 39th in 26:27.1, and Bruder placed 40th in 26:27.2. Spring Arbor's five scorers averaged 25:56.
 
Robert Dodd finished 50th in 26:43.2, and Cooper Singleton placed 58th in 26:52.9 to round out SAU's top seven. Goshen's Jesse Songo won the individual title in 24:25.6.