WINNECONE, WIS.-- The Trine men's cross country team placed 30th in the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational, held Saturday at Lake Breeze Golf Club.
The Thunder totaled a score of 898 points in one of the largest predominantly NCAA Division III races in the nation. The race featured 664 runners and 45 teams, with the bulk of those runners and teams representing Division III institutions. Thunder runners averaged a time of 27:03 on the 8K course. North Central took home the team title with 36 points. Alan Peterson of Division II-memeber Grand Valley State finished first among individuals with a time of 24:33.
Adam Schaaf (Greentown, Ind./Eastern) paced Trine runners with a time of 26:17. The performance topped the sophomore's previous season-best in the 8K by five seconds. Robert Lewis Duke (Greentown, Ind./Eastern) finished in 26:36, nearly one-minute better than his previous collegiate-best effort.
Sean Brady (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) finished third among Trine runners with a 27:16 performance. Brady's performance was a season-best. Zachary Phillips (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) and Collin Elek (Osceola, Ind./Penn) rounded out the top five for the Thunder, both with season-best times.
Getting production from young runners continues to be a theme for Trine, as the top five Thunder runners were all underclassmen.
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Trine will compete for the MIAA Championship Saturday, Nov. 1 at Calvin College.