From Emory University Athletics

The Emory men’s cross country team enjoyed a fine outing on Saturday at the Second Annual Furman Classic.

The men's contingent placed fourth out of 10 teams with 93 points, just five points shy of third-place King College.  Capturing the D-II, III and NAIA race was Mount Olive with 30 points while Mars Hill was second with 59 points. Senior Alex Fleischhacker was the top Emory runner with his 8K showing of 26:17 good for 16^th out of 113 entries. 

Junior Lukas Mees was close behind with his 26:38 slotting him 18^th.  Senior Tyler Cooke (26:46, 20^th place), freshman Jordan Flowers (27:01, 25^th place) and sophomore Grant Murphy (27:28, 33^rd place) closed out the team’s scorers.