OWENSBORO, Ky.–Three University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country runners posted top 10 finishes Friday afternoon to lead the No. 10 Screaming Eagles to a second-place finish out of 10 teams at the Brescia Invitational at Yellow Creek Park.
Senior Michael DeMeyer (Olney, Illinois) paced the Eagles as he finished third in the 123-competitor field with an eight-kilometer time of 27 minutes, 48.70 seconds.
Sophomore Nick Dombroski (Nobelsville, Indiana) and sophomore Garrett Ardis (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) also had top-10 finishes as they were sixth and 10th, respectively.
As a team, the Eagles finished with 70 points, just one point behind first-place Bryan College.
Sophomore Ross Ellis (Greenville, Indiana) and freshman Corbin Butts (Brazil, Indiana) were 27th and 28th, respectively, to round out USI’s top five, while sophomore Jackson McPheeters (Freetown, Indiana) and senior Markus Poulsen (Gilleleje, Denmark) were 30th and 34th, respectively, to round out the Eagles top seven.
The remainder of USI’s squad returns to action Saturday at 7:30 a.m. when it competes at the UAH Chargers Invitational at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
