Men's Cross Country Takes Fifth at Blazing Tiger

Men's Cross Country co-hosted the Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic on Saturday near Ashland at Mahoney State Park. The Tigers came away with a fifth place finish, trailing four nationally ranked opponents. College of Idaho was the team champion.

Doane was led by Thomas Oliver with a 31st place finish and time of 25:24.80. Nelson Ruto crossed in 25:27.15 to place 32nd overall. Emmanuel Yego placed 37th with a time of 25:32.37 and Porter Bickley was 46th with a time of 25:44.01. Rounding out the Top 5 for Doane was Michael Grigsby with a time of 25:56.08 to finish 62nd in the race.

Other Tiger runners:
Jayden Wall - 70th (26:06.70)
Luke Bonifas - 97th (26:25.12)
Alex Fowler - 105th (26:32.58)
Jakob Tadlock - 114th (26:37.90)
Will Dawes - 115th (26:39.74)
Duncan Blankenship - 116th (26:39.76)
Eli Marez - 150th (27:05.74)
Nate O'Brien - 152nd (27:05.89)
Cody Smith - 245th (28:33.77)
Jeremiah Arndt - 249th (28:41.64)
Logan Menke - 253rd (28:45.64)
Kale Maguire - 275th (29:14.59)
Logan Brooks - 281st (29:26.11)
John Dawes - 291st (29:45.54)
Joseph Seifferlein - 292nd (29:46.47)
Chance Mock - 300th (30:16.28)
Jordan Kwiatkowski - 312th (31:08.50)
Jake Parsley - 329th (32:43.42)

In total, 339 runners finished the race with 27 squads posting team scores. A total of 31 institutions were represented on the day.

Next up for the Tigers will be the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships on November 9. The teams will return to Mahoney State Park for the championship event.