The Fort Hays State men’s cross country team grabbed a fourth place finish out of six teams on Saturday (Sept. 7) at the Lobo Invitational hosted by the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The University of Texas El-Paso (UTEP) won the team title.

Junior Cory Keehn led the way for the Tigers with a 10th place finish and a time of 15:57 on the 3.22 mile course. Seven spots behind Keehn in 17th place was Jonny Bernasky in 16:15. James Kadolph finished in 22nd and covered the course in 16:24.

Isaac Mills and Ryan Hopkins rounded out the scoring for the Tigers. Mills crossed the line with a 16:28 in 24th place and Hopkins ran a 16:42 for 32nd.

UTEP scored 40 points in the victory. New Mexico was the runner up with 49 points and El Paso Community College was third with 70 points. The Tigers were 17 points back for the fourth spot with 87 points.

Colby Community College Invitational (Sept. 6)
The Tigers also took a group to Colby Community College Invitational on Friday (Sept. 6) to compete. FHSU had two top 10 finishers at the meet.

Logan Garrett finished in ninth place on the 5K course in a time of 16:23. One spot behind Garrett was Jacob Thomas who finished in 16:30.

The Tigers hit the course again on September 12 at the Broncbuster Invitational and September 14 at the Hutchinson Community College Invite.