TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men's and women's cross country teams traveled north to compete in the John McNichols Invitational at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.
As a team, the women took fifth place out of five NCAA Division I teams, while the men finished fifth in the five-team DI field.
Sophomore Stanley Chepchieng led the way for the men's team with a 24th-place finish. The Kabarnet, Kenya native completed the 8 kilometer course in a time of 27:35.6, smashing his PR by 35 seconds. Chepchieng ran amongst the top 10 of the 39-runner field for much of the first two miles of the race before slipping back in the pack.