The Bradley cross country teams opened the 2019 season at the Western Illinois Early Bird Invite with the BU men and senior Kerry Gschwendtner both finishing first on Friday night.
The Bradley men finished with a perfect score of 15 points as the Braves claimed the top five finishers and six of the top eight. Gschwendtner ran the 6K course in 19:28.7, finishing more than five seconds ahead of teammate Nick Porter in second place at 19:34.0. Jack Franklin, Joey Simon and Evan Mitchell rounded out the top five at the meet with times of 19:37.