KENOSHA, Wis. – Minnesota State men's cross country placed 17th at the Lucian Rosa Invite at Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on Saturday. Freshman Jack Kendall posted the top individual mark for the Mavericks, with a 68^th place finish in 26:02.2 at the 8K course, hosted by Wisconsin-Parkside. Also scoring for the Mavericks was 95^th place Wallace Kigen (26:33.0) and 99^th place Jacob Bennett (26:35.9).
 
Colorado School of Mines led the field with a score of 52, followed by Adams State (59), Lee (91), Saginaw Valley (162) and UC-Colorado Springs (181). Ahmed Ibrahim (Sr., Alabama Huntsville) turned in the top individual time of 24:10.1 (4:51.7 average mile).
 
"The guys competed well against some nationally ranked teams," said head coach Ben Held. "We moved throughout the race to finish in line with our expectations after competing hard last week and having a tough week of training. We are looking forward to a good training block leading up to championship season."
 
The Mavericks compete next at the Holiday Inn Express Classic in Sioux Center, Iowa at Dordt University Prairie in a 8K meet on Saturday, October 11. It will serve as the final tune-up for the NSIC Cross Country Championships on Oct. 24.
 
Others to finish for Minnesota State included Luis Pfister (117^th, 26:50.7), Dominic Ripperda (125^th, 26:55.0), Erek Ross (26:57.9), Audi Thom (161^st, 27:34.4), Biruk Killeen (164^th, 27:37.6), Maquanet Collins (165^th, 27:37.6) and Luke Scholtes (173^rd, 27:58.8).