Fort Hays State’s men’s cross country team grabbed first place at the Romp at the Ridge in Hutchison, Kan., on Saturday.  Additionally, FHSU had runners compete at the Delgo Invitationnal in Garden City, Kan., on Thursday, where the team took second.

Cory Keehn paced the Tigers with a second place finish, helping the team finish with just 26 points.  While Keehn (26:38.00) led the pack, all five Tiger scorers finished in the top 12. Isaac Mills was third across the line in 26:50.00, and Jon Bernansky was awarded five team points for his sixth place finish (26:54.30).

FHSU’s two other scorers in the event were James Kadolph (27:56.30) in 10th place and Chris Ramsgard (12th place), who finished in 28:04.40.

Non-scoring runners for the Tigers were No. 14 Nathan Purdue (28:22.40), No. 18 Ryan Hopkins (28:27.40), No. 20 Jason Foster (28:39.00), No. 29 Bentley Regerh (29:14.10) and No. 30 Troy Wineinger (29:20.60).

FHSU’s 26 team points was 18 ahead of Colby, who took second with 44.  McPherson closed out the top three with a team score of 110.

— FHSU Sports Information —