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Freshmen Turn Heads For Cross Country at Gans Creek Classic

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Evan Kraus turned in the fastest 8K time by a male freshman in program history while Taylor Rorick became CU's first female freshman to lead the team in a race since 2018 to lead Creighton at the Gans Creek Classic on Friday morning in Columbia, Mo.

Marcos Gonzalez led the Bluejay men with a 22nd place finish, crossing the finish line in 24:43.0. That put him one second and two spots ahead of freshman teammate Kraus (24:44.0), who was was making his 8K debut at the collegiate level.