TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – On a sunny and humid day at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, the Indiana State men's cross country team placed fifth in the John McNichols Invitational while the women took sixth among 13 additional squads.
As a team, the Indiana State men tallied 143 points to defeat DePauw (171), Lansing CC (223), Maryville (243), Madonna (282), Rose-Hulman (300), Evansville (300) and Vincennes (335). ISU was defeated by Purdue (36), Indiana (55), Eastern Illinois (55) and Huntington (126). The women totaled 169 points and overtook Indiana Wesleyan (179), DePauw (244), Lansing CC (276), Madonna (288), Evansville (294), Rose-Hulman (346), Vincennes (378) and Maryville (390) while falling to Purdue (24), Indiana (49), Ball State (87), Eastern Illinois (116) and Western Michigan (152).