Men's Cross Country Team Places 4th in HCAC;
Kyle Beaty Earns All-League Honors

Complete Results

Kyle Beaty earned all-league honors as a freshman with a 10th place finish.

FRANKLIN, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology placed fourth in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's cross country championships hosted by Franklin College on Saturday.

Freshman Kyle Beaty (Needham/Triton Central) led the Engineer effort with a 10th place finish to earn all-conference recognition.  Beaty ran an eight-kilometer time of 27:48 on a sloppy course in the second best time of his career.

"Kyle Beaty had an outstanding performance today.  He ran an aggressive and did a great job.  It's quite an accomplishment to earn all-conference honors as a freshman," said Engineer head coach Larry Cole.

Senior Charles Williams (Bloomington/ North) missed all-league recognition by just one spot with a 13th place finish in a time of 28:03.  Junior Matt Repking (Effingham, Ill./Teutopolis), who battled the flu throughout the week, came home third among Engineers and 20th overall in a time of 28:18.

Freshman Justin Druba (Hanover/ Southwestern) came home 21st in a time of 28:21, and sophomore Stephen Boedicker (Delaware, Ohio) rounded out the team score with a time of 28:32 for 22nd place.

The fourth-place finish surpassed the seventh-place effort by the team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference meet last season.

Rose-Hulman's top seven runners will compete at the NCAA Division III Regional at Hanover College on Nov. 11.

TEAM RESULTS: 1) Anderson 18; 2) Franklin 72; 3) Manchester 77; 4) Rose-Hulman 80; 5) Mount St. Joseph 173; 6) Hanover 189; 7) Bluffton 195; 8) Defiance 243; 9) Transylvania 250

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 10) Kyle Beaty 27:48; 13) Charles Williams 28:03; 20) Matt Repking 28:18; 21) Justin Druba 28:21; 22) Stephen Boedicker 28:32; 30) Andrew Meiers 29:09; 31) John Sullivan 29:11; 34) Eric Clark 29:25; 35) Nick Corkill 29:27; 38) Ian Thomas 29:39; 45) Michael Brandell 30:00; 46) Kyle Winterrowd 30:01; 51) Harry Henman 30:20; 52) Ryan Oliver 30:26; 54) Sean Jessup 30:32; 55) Matt Gearinger 30:33; 62) Mitchell Thomas 30:54; 68) Brandon Bauer 31:24; 72) Eric Becher 31:56; 84) Justin Jent 33:02; 87) John Stanley 33:24; 93) Darryl Kline 38:11