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Freshmen Lead Cross Country at Greeno/Dirksen Invitational

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A pair of freshmen led the Creighton Cross Country teams on Saturday morning at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational at Mahoney State Park in Lincoln, Neb.

The Bluejays ran five freshmen on the day, holding back many of its veteran leaders for next week's Gans Creek Classic.

was the top Bluejay finisher in the men's race, placing 73rd with a time of 26:49.2 on the 8K course. Junior placed 93rd in 27:06.2, just ahead of senior (104th; 27:18.1), freshman (144th, 27:57.6) and junior (146th, 28:00.9). The men's race included 346 participants.

The men's race was won by Iowa Western's Geofrey Ronoh in a time of 234:41.