LINCOLN, Neb. -The Missouri Western men's cross country team finished seventh, and the women finished 18th this morning at the Greeno/Dirksen Cross Country Invitational.
 
"We are really fit but flat in the competitive sense, but I thought we battled well given where we are in our training block," commented head coach Cody Ingold. "We had some really good individual performances today, and we have five weeks to find the competitive fire that we will need at the MIAA meet."
 
Sophomore Pau Valderrama led the way on the men's side, finishing 14th at 25:19.031 in the 8000m. Wimach Gilo (37th) crossed the line at 26:00.898, while Peter Cuddy (44th) rounded out the top 50 finishers for MWSU with a time of 26:08.152.
 
Senior Lillian Cutler led the women with a 69th-place finish in the 5000m, finishing with a time of 19:44.592. Annika Muller (115th) notched the second-best finish for the Griffons with a time of 20:33.429.
 
Western will return to action at the MWSU Cross Country Course for the Griffon Invite on Saturday, October 5 Men's Results (8000m) - 7th out of 26
 
Pau Valderrama
14th - 25:19.031
 
Wimach Gilo
37th - 26:00.898
 
Peter Cuddy
44th - 26:08.152
 
Joshua Zachary
58th - 26:30.654
 
Mason McCain
91st - 27:05.199
 
Mason Orscheln
109th - 27:21.327
 
Berhe Usman
116th - 27:27.823 Women's Results (5000m) - 18th out of 22
 
Lillian Cutler
69th - 19:44.592
 
Annika Muller
115th - 20:33.429
 
Cadynce Shipman
137th - 20:57.792
 
Bethani Grove
177th - 21:57.461
 
Bailey Cutler
187th - 22:19.956
 
Kat Hudson
214th - 23:28.858