Results

Decorah, Iowa - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's cross country team captured a dual victory at Luther College (Iowa) Friday night.  The Eagles finished with 22 team points while the Norse recorded 33 points.  It was the 58th Annual Luther versus UW-L dual.

UW-L had five runners finish in the top-eight, including Nate Routhier who captured the individual title with a time of 20:46.5 on the four-mile course.  The Eagles' Tom Linner was second (20:55.3) while Michael Rosenberg placed fourth (21:11.6), Cody Artymuik seventh (21:22.7) and Andrew Heinritz eighth (21:31.0). 

Other finishers for UW-L included Joseph Hinz 11th (21:47.8), Damian Roers 12th (21:48.3), Sean Royer 14th (21:57.7), Evan Kacmarynski 15th (21:58.4), Nick Oelke 18th (22:02.1), Alex Barbeln 23rd (22:22.6), Carlton Folster 24th (22:41.4) and Lane Geisness 27th (22:53.9).

A total of 39 runners competed.

UW-L returns to action Saturday, November 2 at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships.  The meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at Kilkarney Golf Course in River Falls, Wisconsin.