Men's Cross Country | 10/3/2026 4:39:00 PM
Results
Northfield, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's cross country team competed in a pair of meets at the Carleton College (Minn.) Running of the Cows Saturday at Bill Huyck Cross Country Course.
UWL placed third in the Navy Championship Race and took first in the open race.
Will Aurit finished 18th overall
in the championship race.
RANKINGS:
* UWL is ranked fourth on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Poll. The Eagles are first on the D3 Glory Days Poll.
TEAM FINISH – NAVY CHAMPIONSHIP:
* The Eagles finished with 144.0 team points to place third. Wartburg College (Iowa) won the team title (110.0 points) with Johns Hopkins University (Md.) second (123.0), UW-Stevens Point was fourth (182.0) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) fifth (189). A total of 35 teams competed.
* Wartburg (Iowa) is ranked fifth on the USTFCCCA and D3 Glory Days Polls while Johns Hopkins (Md.) is third in both polls. UW-Stevens Point is ranked ninth in the USTFCCCA and 20th on D3 Glory Days with RPI (N.Y.) is eighth in the USTFCCCA and seventh on D3 Glory Days.
* The meet featured 16 ranked teams.
INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS – NAVY CHAMPIONSHIP:
* UWL had two nine runners finish in the top-18 on the 8,000-meter course with
Owen Clark 12th (24:45.6) and
Will Aurit 18th (24:56.5).
* Three other runners were in the top-41, including
Declan Gregg 33rd (25:11.4),
Isaac Ewing 39th (25:13.2) and
Owen Layton 41st (25:14.5)
* The Eagles'
Chase Altergott finished 52nd (25:18.8),
Thomas Menefee 58th (25:21.7),
Kyle Johnson 72nd (25:29.4),
Riley Huss 75th (25:30.6) and
Ben Weston 189th (26:22.3).
INDIVIDUAL WINNER – NAVY CHAMPIONSHIP
* Isaiah Hammerand from Wartburg (Iowa) won the individual title with a time of 24:05.1.
* A total of 328 runners completed the race.
Isaac Ewing placed 39th
in the championship race.
TEAM FINISH – OPEN RACE:
* UWL won the open race title with 21.0 team points while Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) was second with 59.0 and UW-Stevens Point third with 67. Hope College (Mich.) finished fourth (114.0) and St. Olaf College (Minn.) fifth (184). A total of 16 teams competed.
* Hope (Mich.) is ranked 17th on the USTFCCCA and 25th on the D3 Glory Days Poll while St. Olaf (Minn.) is 23rd on USTFCCCA and 27th on D3 Glory Days.
INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS – OPEN RACE:
* UWL's
Brady Norman captured in the individual title, competing the 8,000-meter course in 25:47.1. Five runners finished in the top-eight. Along with Norman's first-place showing, the Eagles'
Parker Heintz was second (25:49.6) with
Alec Taylor fourth (26:00.3),
Owen Klaus sixth (26:11.6) and
Layne Aurit eighth (26:14.7).
*
Logan Salzmann placed 13th (26:27.1),
Dawson Eckerman 21st (26:38.0),
Ethan Zywicki 48th (27:14.6),
Tristan Lenton 52nd (27:18.9) and
Joe Knepp 113th (28:12.8).
* A total of 187 runners completed the race.
UP NEXT
* UWL returns to action Saturday, October 17 at the Augustana College (Ill.) Interregional Invitational at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Illinois at 11:45 a.m.
