Men's Cross Country Wraps Up Pre-National Meet

Complete Men's Blue Race Results

Complete Men's Open Race Results

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's cross country team wrapped up the 2013 NCAA Pre-National Invitational, Oct. 19, at Indiana State University. The squad garnered a 40th-place finish in the Men's Blue Race with 913 points. The meet contained nine top-30 teams, including three in the top-five. Additionally, EMU placed ahead of Mid-American Conference opponents Miami University, University of Akron, and Central Michigan University. The No. 2-ranked University of Colorado won the event with 90 points.

Redshirt-junior Warren Witchell (Williamstar, Mich.-Dansville) paced the Green and White with a top-100 finish time of 24:29.99 and was the second MAC runner to cross the finish line, coming in merely .34 seconds after Miami's David Wing. Two other runners placed in the top half of the 359-runner field. Sophomore Willy Fink (Maumee, Ohio-Maumee) and senior Harry Dixon (Nelson, New Zealand-Nayland College) finished with times of 24:56.77 and 25:03.33, respectively.

In the Men's Open Race, freshman Nick Raymond (Erie, Mich.-Mason) grabbed a sixth-place finish with a 25:13.66 mark.

The Eagles will host their next meet, the EMU Classic, Friday, Oct. 25 in Dexter, Mich.

EMU Individual Results

Men's Blue Race

85) Witchell, Warren 24:29.99

148) Fink, Willy 24:56.77

173) Dixon, Harry 25:03.33

248) Knox, John 25:26.25

259) Smith, Daryl 25:34.57

271) Hancke, Ian 25:38.69

Men's Open Race

6) Raymond, Nick 25:13.66

38) Lane, Austin 26:15.60

49) Trice, William 26:32.60

68) Trefz, Nick 26:51.00

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