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Oct. 13, 2007

Results

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Running in a field that included many of the top-ranked teams in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's cross country team took 39th place in the "White" race at the 2007 NCAA Pre-National Invitational meet at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course at Indiana State Saturday morning.

UTEP took first in the "White" race, with Josh McDougal of Liberty topping the field in a time of 22:56. The teams were split into two races, with Northern Arizona claiming the victory in the "Blue" race.

Senior Nick Hawley was the top finisher for UWM, placing 191st with a time of 25:26, which was 32 seconds ahead of sophomore teammate Ryan Mleziva, who took 239th with a clocking of 25:58.

Four other Panthers finished within seven places of each other, with sophomore Eric Pitt running a time of 26:48 (259th), sophomore Mike Sorenson at 26:49 (260th), sophomore Matt Dreifke 27:28 (265th) and freshman Andrew Fox in 27:35 (266th).

Instead of splitting the team up and heading to the UW-Parkside Invitational, the rest of the team ran in the "Open" race at the Pre-National meet. Sophomore Jason Axt (27:31), freshman Jeff Winkelman (28:42) and freshman Ben Borton (29:32) rounded out the list of UWM runners on the day.