CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's cross country team earned second place out of 12 teams at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Saturday morning.
CMS was competing without the 10 runners who ran at the NCAA Division III Pre-Nationals last weekend, and still managed a runner-up finish, coming in ahead of Caltech, Biola, Vanguard and Champan in the 3-6 spots.
Tay Ohr-Rottler was the top individual finisher for CMS in 11th place (ninth among collegiate competitors), crossing the line in 26:07.5.
Ethan Wood was the next Stag to cross in 26:34.0, 13th in the meet (tenth among college runners).
CMS then had three more finish in the top 25 as
Benjamin Kraus came in 20th place,
Jackson Giumarra was 24th and
Christian Gorny was 25th. Also in the top half of the field was
Ishir Jha (34th),
Pierce Clark (40th),
Oliver Flor (47th),
Will Hogue (51st) and
Finlay Reid (52nd).
CMS will compete at the Highlander Invitational next weekend at UC Riverside, before the SCIAC Championships in three weeks.
