HU opens up season with 17th place finish at Twilight Invite

Marion, Ind. - The Forester men's cross country team kicked off their season Friday evening by finishing 17th out of 22 teams with 489 points at the Twilight Invite hosted by Indiana Wesleyan.

THE ESSENTIALS
Location: Wildcat XC Course, Marion, Ind.
Distance: 8K
Number of runners: 278

HU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
79 (77) – Jonah Lemmon – 27:02.00
90 (78) – Jaden Kropp – 27:02.10
116 (90) – Isaac Combs – 27:28.60
143 (103) – Kaden Vogel – 27:54.80
239 (141) – Jaden Binkley – 30:07.40
248 (143) – Tyler Loucks – 30:41.00
269 (151) – Gabe King – 33:35.40

HU TOP-5 SUMMARY
Team Time: 2:19.34.90
Average Time:  27:54.98

TOP-5 TEAM FINISHES
1 – Taylor (62)
2 – Indiana Wesleyan (79)
3 – Rio Grande (95)
4 – IU East (170)
5 – Grace (175)

LOOKING FORWARD
The Foresters are back in action September 20 for the Larry Young Invitational hosted by Columbia College (Mo.).

OTHER NOTABLES
Huntington enters the 2024 season unranked but finished 25th in last year's NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Final Rating.  

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 160 NAIA All-America honors and 567 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.