Carthage Men's Cross Country Finishes 15th at NCAA Midwest Regional

The Carthage College men’s cross country team (52-58) finished 15th at the Saturday, Nov. 15 NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill.  CCIW-member North Central College won the 39-team regional championship with 51 points, followed by Wisconsin-La Crosse second at 64, Wisconsin-Stevens Point third at 83, Wisconsin-Oshkosh fourth at 134, CCIW-member Augustana College (Ill.) fifth at 182, Wisconsin-Eau Claire sixth at 200, conference-member Wheaton College (Ill.) seventh at 228, Wisconsin-Platteville eighth at 274, the University of Chicago ninth at 291, Washington University (Mo.) 10th at 292, Wisconsin-Whitewater 11th at 321, Wisconsin-River Falls 12th at 402, Wisconsin-Stout 13th at 419, St. Norbert College 14th at 438 and Carthage 15th with 455 points.  Brandon Mull from Wheaton (Ill.) won the 8K race with a time of 24:33.60.  Joel Brunner paced the Red Men with a 40th-place finish and a time of 25:48.60.  Sean O’Connor was 87th at 26:48.50, Justin Sebens 105th at 27:03.50, Tyler Wishau 110th at 27:10.60, and B.J. Fuller was 113th at 27:13.40.  Also finishing for Carthage were Derek Hall 121st at 27:17.90 and Tylor Lewis 124th at 27:19.60.