From Washington University Athletics

The Washington University men had five runners finish in the top-75 as they placed sixth in the team standings. at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh AAE Invitational Pre-National race at the Lake Breeze Golf Club Saturday. 

Junior Ryan Becker finished fifth overall with a career-best 8K time of 24:42 to lead the WashU men to a sixth-place finish out of 45 teams. The Bears' top-five runners finished in the top-75 as WashU scored 223 points to edge Central College by one point for sixth place. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the team title with 99 points. Just six points separated the fifth- through eighth-place teams. WashU had five runners race to career-best 8K times.

RESULTS – Top Seven for WashU

MEN – 8K – 419 runners
1. Josh Thorson (UW-Eau Claire) – 24:17
5. Ryan Becker – 24:42
20. Josh Clark – 25:04
61. David O'Gara – 25:36
64. Dillon Williams – 25:38
73. Ben Rosenkranz – 25:41
96. Elvir Sarajlic – 25:52
101. Peter Johnsrud – 25:54

A second set of races was also contested Saturday at the AAE Invitational. The WashU men scored 108 points to finish fifth in the Invitational race out of 31 teams.

RESULTS – Top Seven for WashU

MEN – 8K – 320 runners
1. James Frederickson (Brooks Unattached) – 25:02
11. Thomas Gales – 25:56
21. Eshan King – 26:20
23. Adam Streicher – 26:26
25. Zac Christensen – 26:29
28. Matt Hibshman – 26:33
32. Chris Blagg – 26:39
34. Conor Cashner – 26:40