COLUMBIA, Mo. – Benedictine Cross Country earned a pair of top 10 results on Friday as they competed in the Black Division of the annual Gans Creek Classic, hosted by the University of Missouri.

The Raven Women took 8th place, while the Raven Men took 8th place as well.

Helen Ullrich paced the Ravens with a 36th overall finish with a time of 22:34.0. She was joined by Leah Haeusser (36th), Sophia Thome (50th), CeCe Campos (52nd) and Evelyn Kuhn (58th) as the Ravens who contributed towards the team score.

The No. 13-ranked Ravens were the third-highest NAIA finisher in the race behind No. 5 Cornerstone who placed 3rd and No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan who placed 5th. They finished ahead of No. 10 St. Mary who placed 14th and ahead of the two other Heart programs in the event as Park placed 16th and Baker placed 21st.

For the Raven Men, the 8k race was dominated by NAIA programs with 8 of the top 10 team results coming from fellow NAIA programs. Benedictine scored 210 points and were paced by Joshua Melendez in 19th place with a time of 25:30.6. He was joined by Brendan Alfonso (21st), John Joyce (64th), Will Niederee (76th) and Patrick Argauer (82nd) who contributed to the final team score.

Both team are off until Oct. 10 when they will compete in the Holiday Inn Express Classic, hosted by Dordt in Sioux Center, Iowa. 

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